The Bailiff Sofron, Elisabeth Boehm, 1883

The illustration for the short story the bailiff by ivan turgenev (from the collection a sportsman's sketches). “ this man, as arkady pavlitch said, of real administrative power, was short, broad-shouldered, grey, and thick-set, with a red nose, little blue eyes, and a beard of the shape of a fan. ” —ivan turgenev. The bailiff (translation by constance garnett). Date: 1883. Medium: lithograph. The Bailiff Sofron by Elisabeth Bohm 1883