Newly Arrived Peasants (Priezzhie muzhiki): A porcelain figural group, Gardner Manufactory, Verbilki, 1870-1890

after an illustration by Mikhail Bashilov (M. Pikkolo, pseud.) for A.P. Golitsynskii's Street Types (Ulichnye tipy, Moscow, 1860), with stamped red factory mark, impressed model number 34

Excellent condition.
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Mikhail Sergeevich Bashilov (1821-1870) was one of the most prominent Russian literary illustrators of the 19th century and first distinguished himself with a group of twenty illustrations for A.P. Golitsynskii's sketches.  These introduced the reader to the Russian people through observation of the details of their daily lives: '[The common man's] entire personal and public life is expressed on the street: here he works, drinks, passes time, quarrels, trades, cheats.'