Updated 17 April 2026
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<COSSACKS TO LAUGH AT or COSSACKS FOR A LAUGH>: (17) Oursikoff!... do you think this is a likeness?... — No, Sire!... — Right...... I'd have sent you to Siberia if you had recognised me... all these bad caricatures from LE CHARIVARI won't prevent my being still the most handsome man in my empire!... — Yes, Sire!......
| Date | 1854 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | lithograph |
| Size（cm） | 21.6 x 26.0 |
| Inscriptions | Signed on the stone, lower left: h. D.; numbered on the stone, lower right: 649 |
| Standard ref. | Delteil 2519 (iii/iii), Tobu III-7 |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.2000-1244 |
Provenance
Peter Morse; Tobu Museum of Art (Tobu Railway Company); Purchased by the NMWA, 2001.
Bibliography
- 2002
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 35 (Apr. 2000-Mar. 2001), 2002, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acquisitions. pp. 14-15, List of New Acquisitions. p. 111.