Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

A Russian boor returning from his field sports / copied from an original Russian print ; etched by G. Cruikshank.

Image not available
George Cruikshank
1792-1878

A Russian boor returning from his field sports / copied from an original Russian print ; etched by G. Cruikshank.

Published

London : Pubd by H. Humphrey St James's Street, 1813 January 8.

hand colored etching
image: 183 x 259 mm; plate mark: 216 x 269 mm; sheet: 230 x 286 mm
Peel 1962
Notes
Lettered with title, artist's name and publication line "Copied from an Original Russian Print. Etched by G. Cruikshank. Pubd by H. Humphrey St James's Street / Jany 8th 1813."
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A Russian peasant, wearing high boots instead of gaiters, and with his axe thrust through his belt, walks (left to right) carrying his musket across his shoulder. From the barrel dangle the bodies of three miniature French soldiers, suspended by the neck; two more are spiked on the bayonet. He turns his smiling head towards the spectator. His little boy, bare-legged, and wearing a little frock, runs in front riding a French eagle like a hobby-horse. On the horizon are two small barns. Above the English title: [text in Russian]. (The translation should be 'Bringing home a bunch of spillikins for the eager children'.)

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department