Caption

Reproduction of a painting: Wojciech Kossak 1856–1942, Artillery in Fire, 1906; painting; Polish; battle scene; reproduction; color postcard; 1908; height 8.4 cm, width 13.6 cm., A painted scene shows a group of soldiers operating a large field cannon with a wooden-spoked wheel, with a dark brown horse harnessed nearby. Several figures wear military uniforms with dark hats and light cross-belts, and one figure in a darker coat raises an arm to his mouth. The foreground features the metallic barrel of the cannon with smoke around its muzzle and parts of the carriage in green and dark tones. Background elements include a few wooden wheels, trees with green and brown foliage, and a sky with bluish, gray, and pale tones. Visible colors include green, brown, dark blue, gray, black, red, and pale yellow.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_177

License type

Rights managed

Available size

65.6Mb (7.7Mb) / 20.0in x 12.7in / 6000 x 3822 (300dpi)

Keywords

Reproduction painting Wojciech Kossak 1856–1942 Artillery Fire 1906 Polish battle scene reproduction color postcard 1908 height 8.4 cm width 13.6 cm painted scene group soldiers operating large field cannon wooden-spoked wheel dark brown horse harnessed nearby Several figures wear military uniforms dark hats light cross-belts figure darker coat raises arm mouth foreground features metallic barrel cannon smoke muzzle parts carriage green dark tones Background elements include wooden wheels trees brown foliage sky bluish gray pale tones Visible colors include brown dark blue black red pale yellow.