Caption
Provost arrests soldier, The Provost, print, A high-ranking officer arrests a scruffy-looking soldier wearing clogs. He escorts him to a tower where two figures are standing in the doorway. Below the image is the soldier's sigh: 'How a civilian is wronged!'. Numbered top right: No. 2., printmaker: Michel Mourot, Den Bosch, after design by Michel Mourot, printer (person): Mourot & Van Lieshout, 1835 - 1838, Michel Mourot, Mourot & Van Lieshout, printer (person), paper, chine collé, lithography, lithography on chine collé, height 310 mm x width 432 mm, military police, provost, arrest, military service, A charcoal or ink scene shows a rounded arched doorway with a partially open dark door and a figure peering out from the shadow inside, a leafy garland around the arch and stone blocks surrounding it; in front of the doorway two uniformed men stand close together, one wearing a tall hat and carrying a sword and satchel, the other with a cap and satchel and exaggerated footwear, a third smaller figure sits or kneels at their feet holding onto a bag; in the background a thatched building and a cluster of trees rise behind the figures, and further back two distant figures stand near the building; plants and small patches of foliage appear in the foreground and along the base of the wall.
Credit line
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Reference
LZT26B12_401
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Rights managed
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