Hugo Mühlig born in 1854 in Dresden (Germany) and died in 1929.
Famous for painting rural scenes, especially of men hunting.
"Game" was a natural byproduct of small-holdings where nearly every home/garden/field had a rock-pile, a couple of fruit trees, 300 feet of hedgerow, a stock-pond, a shade tree and a coppice for small-wood. If "game" was not harvested, Peter Cottontail would devastate the garden. And you were wasteful if you did not consume him after you harvested him.
And another tip of the hat to Lucas Machias
---Added after some thought---
There are other things that drive diversity that shows up in these images. The hay-stacks are magnets for mice which in turn will feed fox, hawks, owls and feral cats. Large animals produce manure which is a prime driver of flies which feed pheasant, partridge and quail as well as song-birds.
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