Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Orlovskiĭ, Aleksandr Osipovich, 1777-1832
Title:
Russian cries : in correct portraiture from drawings done on the spot by G. Orlowski, and now in the possession of the Rt. Honble. Lord Kinnaird.
Published / Created:
London : Edwd. Orme, [1814]
Physical Description:
[4] p., [9] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 43 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GT1040 .G75 1809+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Stipple engravings by by J. Godby; after Orlovskiĭ.

Title page is engraved, with large vignette, by John Swaine.

Plates are captioned in Russian with English translation.

Colas, R. Bibliographie générale du costume et de la mode, 2253

Hiler, H. Bibliography of costume, p. 678

Kunstbibliothek (Berlin, Germany). Katalog der Lipperheideschen Kostümbibliothek (2. Aufl.), Kaa26

BAC: British Art Center copy has tipped in (as a fontispiece) a portait of Alexander II (dated 1814) by J. Godby; after Jean Antoine Pinchon.
Subject Terms:
Cries -- Russia. | Peddlers -- Russia -- Pictorial works. | Costume -- Russia -- Pictorial works. | Russia -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Pictorial works. | Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, 1818–1881 -- Portrait. | Orme, Edward -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Cries. | Soft-ground etchings -- 1809. | Soft-ground etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1809.
Contributors:
Godby, James, 1767–1849, engraver. | Swaine, John, 1775–1860, engraver.