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“The Foragers” (Plate No. 3 from the album “Caucasian Scenes”)

    “The Foragers” (Plate No. 3 from the album “Caucasian Scenes”)

    Russia, St. Petersburg

    1853

    Lithographer A. Münster, Zichy Mihály

    Paper; lithograph (in color)

    26.9 x 21.4 cm (image); 43.7 x 28.1 cm (mount)

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    A scene depicting an attack by highlanders on soldiers serving as foragers is presented on a rectangular, vertically oriented sheet. 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 section of the image (print): ZichyBelow the image, on the left: “Dess. par Zichy”
    Below the image, on the right: “Imp. Lith. A. Münster”

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