"Le vingt–un mai" — urodziny hrabiny Ireny Łubieńskiej. Obrazek z życia towarzyskiego Warszawy I połowy XIX wieku

Social life in Warsaw in the first half of the 19th century — especially in aristocratic circles — was rich in various types of meetings: from the parties in the literary salons, through the balls, to meeting with card tables. One of the popular forms of enjoying time in the well–off families were play organizing at the home theater. The article discusses the circumstances of the creation and issuance allegorical scenes entitled "Le vingt–un mai", which was presented in 1833 in Mokotów on the occasion of countess’s Irena Łubieńska birthday and the anniversary of her betrothal with Henryk Łubieński.