Георги Стойков Раковски и литографията „Сънят на българските народни дейци за освобождението на България през 1854 г.“
Georgi Stoykov Rakovski and the lithograph “The Dream of the Bulgarian National Revival revolutionaries for the liberation of Bulgaria in 1854”

Summary/Abstract: During the second half of the 19th century the Bulgarian revolutionary emigration became aware of the significant impact of the revolutionary graphic. Through lithographs with historical narratives they aimed to encourage willingness for liberation from the occupation of the Ottoman Empire. These works of art were inspired by the new ideas of the Bulgarian National Revival figures, for instance Georgi Stoykov Rakovski (1821–1867). He is a famous revolutionary figure from Kotel, but also a diplomat, a publicist, a poet, and an instigator for the creation and dissemination of historical-revolutionary lithographs. The first lithograph, published under his initiative, is called The Dream of the Bulgarian National Revival revolutionaries for the liberation of Bulgaria in 1854 and created by Konstantin Rusovich. This work of art had a strong influence on the Bulgarian public. It has been republished several times. There are four various editions of this lithograph, three monochrome and one colour exemplar, which are preserved within the Cartographic and Graphic Editions collections in the “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” National Library. These editions have been published in Bucharest and Vienna.

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