Caption

Crowd of people in a square fighting over food and clothing, Russian popular entertainment, print, printmaker: Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geissler, Leipzig, 1805, Saxony, paint (coating), paper, watercolor (paint), etching, hand coloring, hand-colored, height 164 mm x width 260 mm, public festivities, giving alms or other charity, eg: handing out food, Europeans (with NAME), Russia, A large crowded scene fills the image, dominated by a mound covered with a draped fabric at the center where many figures climb and press against one another, many wearing broad-brimmed hats in various dark tones, with several hats shown in midair. The foreground shows a dense group of people in period clothing with varied expressions and active gestures, some kneeling, some reaching, and some holding cloths or sashes in different colors. On the right, three men stand holding long poles, one wearing a fur-trimmed hat and another with a patterned cap, while behind them a line of uniformed figures stretches toward the horizon. Buildings with classical facades and rows of windows are visible at the far left, and the scene is framed by a wide border. The sky overhead is pale with soft cloud shapes, and scattered small objects appear to be floating through the air above the crowd.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B34_360

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47.4Mb (12.0Mb) / 16.3in x 11.3in / 4887 x 3392 (300dpi)

Keywords

Crowd people square fighting food clothing Russian popular entertainment print printmaker Christian Gottfried Heinrich Geissler Leipzig 1805 Saxony paint coating paper watercolor etching hand coloring hand-colored height 164 mm x width 260 mm public festivities giving alms charity eg handing Europeans Name Russia large crowded scene fills image dominated mound covered draped fabric center figures climb press another wearing broad-brimmed hats various dark tones several hats shown midair foreground dense group period clothing varied expressions active gestures kneeling reaching holding cloths sashes different colors right three men stand holding long poles wearing fur-trimmed hat patterned cap them line uniformed figures stretches horizon Buildings classical facades rows windows visible far left scene framed wide border sky overhead pale soft cloud shapes scattered small objects floating air crowd