format:23x17cm(light framed),lithography,signed on the plate p.d.ABartels

The work was made especially for the portfolio published by the Art and Literary Circle in Cracow in 1881,

whose purpose was to raise funds for the reconstruction of the Croatian capital Zagreb, which had been hit by an earthquake the year before. The lithograph was made in1881 at Aureliusz Pruszyński's Artistic Lithography Workshop in Krakow, 17 Pijarska Street, established in 1873. Many artists, including L. Wyczółkowski, were able to make their own prints here.
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Aureliusz Pruszyński (9.09.1847 Kasinka Mała pov. Limanowa - 22.04.1904 Kraków) Cracovian lithographer, owner of the highly regarded Aureliusz Pruszyński Artistic Lithography Workshop in Kraków established in 1873 at 17 Pijarska Street, from ca 1902 the owner of the workshop was his son Zenon Pruszyński (see SAP vol. 8 pp. 92-93). In the factory of A. Pruszyński, from the end of the 19th century, leading artists of Cracow reflected their graphic works in lithography (including posters), including the famous "Teka Melpomena"

Artur Bartels (Vilnius or former Slutsk district 1818 - Krakow 1885) - a cartoonist, singer and satirist, according to tradition, the natural son of Prince Leon Radziwill. He was educated in St. Petersburg and Paris, then stayed in Vilna and the Vilna region, where he was the administrator of the estate of Jan Tyszkiewicz. In 1863 he moved to Warsaw, and from about 1876 lived in Cracow. As a draftsman, he was self-taught. Three series of his satirical drawings - Łapigrosz, Mr. Athanasius Skorupa, Mr. Eugeniusz - were included by J. K. Wilczyński in Album of Vilnius published in 1858. He often drew his works on pine boards, using knots and wood grains in their composition. As an avid hunter, he drew especially many, humorous scenes of hunting. These works were very popular.