Crimean Tatars dance, play music, smoke pipes, and lounge in a remarkably lush landscape.
Bossoli notes that the setting is Massandra - one of the estate properties of Prince Mikhail Semenovich Vorontsov, who served as Governor-General of Novorossiia and Bessarabia from 1823 until 1844. The estate house is visible in the background.
Creator:
Carlo Bossoli
Source:
Carlo Bossoli, The beautiful scenery and chief places of interest throughout the Crimea from paintings (London: Day & Son, 1856)
Date:
1840-1844
Rights:
Image courtesy of Preservation, Curation and Archives, Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Original Format:
1 of 34 leaves of colored plates
Physical Dimensions:
56 cm
Repository:
Gordon Library, Worcester Polytechnic Institute [go to the record]
