The drawings were done by n. P. Chekhov, and the captions were written by a. P. Chekhov (the caption on the caricature: "written by antosha ch. Drawn by n. Chekhov"). First published in the magazine "the spectator", 1881, no. 18 (censored on november 10). The caricature was the result of a trip in 1881 by a. P. Chekhov and n. P. Chekhov to a wedding in taganrog. Signature: "tuner kurt. And since we all live in russia and have russian languages, i wish to drink to the health of our ladies. Nikolai stamatich. Gentlemen! indifference is killing us! let us, while we are young, whisper ballads to the female polonaise and swallow the meteriales of love. I raise a phial to the health of the young! groom. I believe that love is the most sensitive feeling. I feel such feelings as you have never felt. That's it. Hurray!!" (nikolay stamatich is a taganrog broker, an acquaintance of the chekhov family. ). Date: 1881.
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