Caption

Cossack horses; painting/graphic illustration, 1873; Wojciech Kossak 1856–1942 — artist; Ernest Boulay fl. 1872–1875 — graphic artist; press illustration for the magazine Klosy; Polish painting; reproduction; subject: horses; medium: graphics/press illustration; place of creation: Warsaw., A detailed black-and-white illustration shows a group of horses standing near a broken wooden fence and gate, with one horse dark and another lighter in tone, both wearing saddles and bridles with reins hanging down; a bird perches on a slanted plank above them. Behind the horses, there is dense foliage and a windswept tree with many branches and leaves, and weathered vertical fence posts rise to the left. The ground in front is textured with rough, uneven patches and short grass, and the overall scene is rendered with fine line shading in shades of black, gray, and off-white.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_193

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62.3Mb (7.9Mb) / 16.6in x 14.6in / 4972 x 4380 (300dpi)

Keywords

Cossack horses painting graphic illustration 1873 Wojciech Kossak 1856–1942 artist Ernest Boulay fl 1872–1875 graphic artist press illustration magazine Klosy Polish painting reproduction subject horses medium graphics place creation Warsaw detailed black- -white illustration group standing near broken wooden fence gate horse dark another lighter tone wearing saddles bridles reins hanging down bird perches slanted plank them dense foliage windswept tree branches leaves weathered vertical fence posts rise left ground front textured rough uneven patches short grass scene rendered fine line shading shades black gray off-white.