Box BW-3
Contains 3 Results:
Postcards illustrating Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasiev's The Humpbacked Horse, inspired by illustrator Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, published by Rishar, approximately 1900
Russian Society of the Red Cross postcards, approximately 1900-1930s
This collection of postcards features full-color illustrations, predominantly of Russian folk tale scenes, traditional dress, or a reproduction of artwork from the era. A larger number of cards were published or sold by the Russian Society of the Red Cross (also known as the Russian Red Cross Society and similar variations), as the insignia of the organization is printed on them. The postcards date from approximately 1900 to 1930s.
Postcards depicting The Little Humpbacked Horse (Konyok-Gorbunok) by Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, early 1900s
This series of cards in this collection was inspired by the 1834 fairy tale poem, The Little Humpbacked Horse ('Konyok-Gorbunok' in Russian), written by Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, which in turn was inspired by the Russian fairy tale, Tsarevitch Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf. These cards were published sometime in the early 1900s.