Peter the Great wheedles his servants to adopt a new alphabet...
Date1925
Artist
George Van Werveke
(American illustrator, 1888–1951)
Illustration Citation"Peter the Great Wheedles his Servants into Adopting a New Alphabet," The New York Times Book Review, January 18, 1925
MediumInk and watercolor on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 6 3/4 × 22 3/16 in. (17.1 × 56.4 cm)
sheet: 11 × 23 1/16 in. (27.9 × 58.6 cm)
sheet: 11 × 23 1/16 in. (27.9 × 58.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-136
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing refers to Peter the Great's introduction of a new Russian alphabet to replace the Old Slavonic one in the early 18th century.
