“The Foragers” (Original for lithograph plate No. 3 from the album “Caucasian Scenes”)
“The Foragers” (Original for lithograph plate No. 3 from the album “Caucasian Scenes”)
Russia, St. Petersburg
1852–1853
Paper; graphite pencil, watercolor, white gouache
27.5 x 23.0 cm
A scene depicting an attack by highlanders on soldiers serving as foragers. A fierce struggle is taking place by a hay cart drawn by a pair of oxen, with two foragers fighting off highlanders who are attacking them from all sides. A forager standing by the cart fends off the attackers with a rifle butt, holding the weapon high above his head. An elderly highlander, whose figure is barely visible behind the oxen, deals a fatal dagger blow to the forager driving the cart. On the right, a highlander uses his entire body to hold back the oxen, holding a rifle in his high-raised right hand.
The author's signature is located in the lower-right corner: Zichy
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