Boris Chorikov

Engraving "Prince Alexander of Tver in Pskov"

Boris Artemyevich Chorikov (Russian: Борис Артемьевич Чориков) (1802–1866) was a Russian graphic artist.

He is best known for his illustrations for a unique edition called Живописный Карамзин или Русская история в картинах (Picturesque Karamzin, or Russian history in pictures), which was published in St.Petersburg in 1836.


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