Caption

Ploughing; painting/woodcut illustration depicting oxen ploughing a cultivated field with harrows in autumn; 1880; creators: Walery Brochocki 1847–1923 and Michal Kluczewski fl. 1869–1890; graphics/press illustration; Polish., A black and white engraved scene shows a rural field under a cloudy sky with layered clouds occupying much of the upper area; in the foreground a farmer walks behind a simple plow while holding a stick and a looped tool, a team of two oxen harnessed to the plow stands side by side with visible yoke and wooden harness elements, and a group of trees forms a dark line along the middle ground to the right; the field displays turned soil and patches of grass in front, a few birds fly in the sky, and a small group of distant figures or silhouettes appears on the horizon to the left. Colors visible include shades of black, white, and gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A07_245

License type

Rights managed

Available size

71.7Mb (7.2Mb) / 18.5in x 15.0in / 5560 x 4505 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ploughing painting woodcut illustration depicting oxen ploughing cultivated field harrows autumn 1880 creators Walery Brochocki 1847–1923 Michal Kluczewski fl 1869–1890 graphics press illustration Polish black white engraved scene rural field under cloudy sky layered clouds occupying upper area foreground farmer walks simple plow holding stick looped tool team two oxen harnessed plow stands side side visible yoke wooden harness elements group trees forms dark line middle ground right field displays turned soil patches grass front birds fly sky small group distant figures silhouettes horizon left Colors visible include shades gray.