Molly Brunson

ECHOES FROM THE PAST

Molly Brunson
"The Most Theatrical Entertainment in New York” VERESHCHAGIN AND THE EXHIBITION OF RUSSIAN ART IN AMERICA

#4 2018 (61)

On August 27 1888, several New York newspapers reported on the arrival the day before of the ship Etruria, which had originated in Liverpool. A rather curious figure disembarked from the ship: “a man of powerful build, with massive shoulders and wearing a full black beard and mustache,” in the words of one journalist. A robust figure and broad shoulders, surmounted by a head framed in bushy black beard and hair,” observed another.