Wood engraving illustration for the story "my friend's wedding day" by john harwood, once a week magazine, volume 8, page 113. Depicts the burning of a manor house by former serfs in russia in the early 1860s (historical, although depicted in lurid terms in harwood's story: there was a widespread angry reaction to the unfavorable terms on which emancipation was granted). Date: 24 January 1863.
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