Winter Notes on Summer Impressions... Austrian diplomat Augustin de Mayerberg was sent 1661-1662 by Emperor Leopold I to mediate in the fight between Russia and Poland over the Ukraine. The diplomatic mission failed but one happy result was this…
Poor People... Ignatii Stepanovich Shchedrovskii, graphic artist, lithographer and painter, was born in Lithuania, studied in Vilna, and attended the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts at age 18 to 21. His Scenes from Popular Life of 1839 was republished…
Defend to the End Petrograd! Or more loosely translated, "Defend Petrograd with your life!" This poster is from the "other side" in the Revolution, not to say the West, but the anti-Bolshevik White Guards. General Nicolai W. Yudenich, leader of the…
Chappe d'Auteroche, abbé. Voyage en Sibérie, vol. 1. Paris: Debure, pere, 1768. The covers of this volume were detached. In order to provide support for the book during exhibition, the covers were reattached by a method called board…