[Cyrillic title - ''Russian Hunting.Chromolithographs after drawings by Pyotr Solokov. Series 2.
Published by Felten, St Petersburg.] [n.d., 1873.]
Chromolithograph. 490 x 645mm (19¼ x 25½") Some cracking and browning, pencil mss.
The cover of Series 2 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov, published by Franz Felen. The pencil mss. translates the titles of the three plates in this part. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51608] £160.00
Chromolithograph. 490 x 645mm (19¼ x 25½") Some cracking and browning, pencil mss.
The cover of Series 2 (of three) of ''Russian Hunting'', a collection of twelve scenes by Pyotr Petrovich Solokov, published by Franz Felen. The pencil mss. translates the titles of the three plates in this part. Solokov (1821-99), a painter of Saint Petersburg, worked in watercolour, producing portraits and hunting scenes like these, as well as some book illustrations. In 1877 he was a correspondent during the Russo-Turkish War and was wounded at the Siege of Pleven; he was awarded the Cross of St. George for bravery.
[Ref: 51608] £160.00