Conde de Lipa Luis Tarszenski, known as Conde de Lipa (Count of Lipa) (ca.1793 – October 24, 1871) was a Polish captain and photographer recognized for his participation in the November Uprising in Poland, and for his work as an early photographer and one of the first instructors of photography with his own photo schools in Spain. He was official photographer to the Queens of Spain and Portugal. Spanish poet and publisher Enrique Hernández-Luike was his great-grandson.
Biography Luis Tarszenski became a captain in the Polish army. In 1830, he formed part of the November Uprising against the Russian Czar Nicholas I of Russia,Komitet Narodowy Polski, trudy Komitetu Całoroczne Narodowego Polskiego na dniu 8 grudnia 1831, 1830. p. 121 led by Piotr Wysocki
Along with thousands of émigrés, Tarszenski moved to France after the failed uprising.Karol Józef Teofil Estreicher, Stanisław Estreicher, Bibliografia polska: 19. stólecie; t. 1-5. A-Z. t. 6-7. Dopełnienia. A-Z, Polska Akademia Umiejętności, 1880. p. 486
By 1843 he lived in Seville (Sevilla), where he defended the city and Queen Isabel II from a siege by Antonio Wan-Halen, capturing two spies.Jose Amador de los Rios, Rise and defense of Sevilla, Sevilla 1843. p. 29 That same year, he was named Knight of the Order of Isabel la Católica.Spain's National Historic Archive, STATE, 6329, Exp.127, 1843 , December 20, 2010 The following year, he married Magdalena de Voisins in the Parish of San Vicente, Sevilla. In 1847 he moved to Málaga, where he opened the first daguerreotype studio of the city.Juan Antonio Fernández Rivero, History of Photography in Málaga during the nineteenth century, Ed. Miramar College, Málaga 1994
The Conde de Lipa was very involved in literary circles, and was the official photographer to both the Queen of Spain, Isabel II, and the Queen of Portugal, Maria II. In 1857, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón dedicates his novel '"¡Viva el Papa!" to Luis Tarszenski, Conde de Lipa.Isabel López Martínez, Eulalia Hernández Sánchez, Pedro Antonio de Alarcón en el Museo Universal, Murcia, 1986, p. 25 In 1861, he participated in one of the many literary circles in Seville, with the reading of the ode "To Poland".El Español newspaper, Madrid, June 12, 1861 The following year he gave "an elegant moire and satin album, with several photographs of the Holy Face" to Queen Isabel II, with the occasion of her visit to Jaén.Aristides Pongilioni and Francisco de Paula Hidalgo, Chronicle of SS.MM.y AA.RR journey to the provinces of Andalucia, 1862, p. 374
By 1866 the Conde de Lipa was definitively the official photographer to Queen Isabel II, photographing the act of laying the first stone of the National Library of Spain in Madrid (Biblioteca Nacional de España en Madrid), on April 22, 1866 . He later offered these photos for sale in his studio.La Correspondencia de España newspaper, Madrid, April 5, 1866 The newspaper La Iberia speaks of “the magnificent museum the photographer Count of Lipa has in Atocha street, number 18 (Madrid)″.La Iberia, Madrid, April 20, 1866 The article also mentions the photographs he had taken of the collection of the Real Armería; however the photos preserved in the Spanish National Library of the Armería are labeled with Jean Laurent's company, which leads historians to believe Lipa's photographs ended in Laurent's collection.
In November 1867, he took the oldest image that is preserved of Cáceres, of the inauguration of the works of the City Council.La Arquitectura Fotografiada de Trujillo , December 20, 2010 The next year he took the first picture of Jesus Nazareno of Cáceres.Nazareno Caceres , December 20, 2010
See also November Uprising Jean Laurent Charles Clifford Enrique Hernández-Luike
References
External links Exhibition Ciudades en Construcción Conde de Lipa