Th. Aman - Ilustraţie la Balta-Albă, de Alecsandri, Theodor Aman, 1854

Illustration to vasile alecsandri's balta-albă short story (an autofictional memoir of alecsandri's ill-fated trip to the eponymous village in buzău county, wallachia); this drawing is from the french version published in l'illustration magazine, 1854. Also described as un străin asaltat de câini pe ulițele satului ("a stranger assailed by dogs on the village's streets"). Date: 1854.