Włodzimierz Tetmajer (1862 - 1923), "To Friends".

inked, gouache on paper, 10 x 15.5 cm, signed in the lower right corner of the composition: "Tetmajer".

At the top, author's description: "To Friends. / sending them the Ballad I like", at the bottom a fragment of Mickiewicz's text:
"... under the midnight moment,
When everyone is going to bed
I at bedtime bid farewell to Marilla
I frightened with such a ballad.".
Włodzimierz Tetmajer was the author of many book illustrations both for the works of classics of Polish literature and contemporary authors. The works of Adam Mickiewicz occupied an important place in this illustrative output. Tetmajer illustrated, among others, "Pan Tadeusz" and works from "Ballads and Romances" by WIeszcz Narodowy.