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    Taras Shevchenko1857 Mangyshlak, Kazakhstan

    Taras Shevchenko and a Kazakh Boy Playing with a Cat

    Sepia drawing by the Ukrainian artist and poet Taras Shevchenko, created between 1856 and 1857. The artwork depicts Shevchenko in the background, observing a Kazakh boy in the foreground who is playing with a cat. The drawing was made while Shevchenko was in exile at Novopetrovsk fortress (now Fort Shevchenko in Kazakhstan) on the Mangyshlak Peninsula. During his ten years in exile, he was officially forbidden from writing or painting. However, he continued his artistic work secretly with the support of friendly locals and his friends. He was assigned to a geological expedition, which provided him with opportunities to sketch. The drawing is in the collection of the National Museum of Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv, Ukraine.

    Author:Depicted:Production technique:Place: Mangyshlak, KazakhstanOriginal: Public domainRestoration: All rights reserved
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