Adatok Bagol András történelem szemléletéhez

András Bagol’s ouvre caught the attention of the ethnographers already in the early 20th century. His sheperd’s crooks, which were inlaid with wax and embellished with his-torical scenes or portraits of Hungarian heroes, were sought after among the wealthy collectors and public collections alike. They are pieces of art of the highest quality, in which the sheperds’ tradition of the Transdanubia is preserved. One of his works, which has been previously unknown, is kept in the museum of Győr: a sheperd’s crook with wax inlay from the year of 1877. This crook was made in honor of Kázmér Hegedűs, its central themes are, beside the customer’s fam-ily, the herds of horses on the great Hungarian Plains and the city of Pécs. Some previously unknown letters of Bagol written to Ottó Herman verify that he was a soldier in 1848-49 and was forced into hiding after the fall of the War of In-dependence. From the 1880s he resumed an active role in politics as a canvasser of the 48 Independence Party (48-as Függetlenségi Párt). One of his poems he wrote about the elections reveals his view of history, elements of which are indicated in the carvings of his many crooks as well.