On the estate : memoirs of a Russian lady before the Revolution
Davydoff, Mariamna, 1871-19612011
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Total copies: 1
The result is a firsthand account of a way of life that we've known mainly through the writings of Chekhov and Turgenev. Here are the country estates, the large families indulging in sports and pastimes, the Easter and Christmas holidays, the heat of summer and frost of winter Davydoff had studied painting and made something of a reputation as a caricaturist, but when she fled from Russia she had to leave behind all her watercolors and drawings. These were destroyed by the Bolsheviks, but the portfolios she created in France, of which this book presents a selection, are fortunately intact The book was prepared for publication and is introduced by a cousin, Olga Davydoff Dax.
Main title:
On the estate : memoirs of a Russian lady before the Revolution / Mariamna Davydoff ; selected and edited by Olga Davydoff Dax.
Imprint:
New York : Thames & Hudson 2011, c1986.
Collation:
156 p. : col. ill., 1 geneal. table ; 24 x 26 cm.
Notes:
Previously published in London in 1986 under the title: On the estate : memoirs of Russia before the Revolution; published in New York in 1986 under the title: Memoirs of a Russian lady : drawings and tales of life before the Revolution.Watercolor illustrations by the author.
ISBN:
9780500289648 (pbk)
Dewey class:
947.043947.043 DAV
LC class:
DK260
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
331619