The illustration for the short story the singers by ivan turgenev (from the collection a sportsman's sketches). “. . He sang, and in every sound of his voice one seemed to feel something dear and akin to us, something of breadth and space, as though the familiar steppes were unfolding before our eyes and stretching away into endless distance. I felt the tears gathering in my bosom and rising to my eyes; suddenly i was struck by dull, smothered sobs. I looked round — the innkeeper’s wife was weeping, her bosom pressed close to the window. Yakov threw a quick glance at her, and he sang more sweetly, more melodiously than ever; nikolai ivanitch looked down; the blinkard turned away; the gabbler, quite touched, stood, his gaping mouth stupidly open; the humble peasant was sobbing softly in the corner, and shaking his head with a plaintive murmur; and on the iron visage of the wild master, from under his overhanging brows there slowly rolled a heavy tear; the booth-keeper raised his clenched fist to his brow, and did not stir. . ”
—ivan turgenev. The singers (translation by constance garnett). Date: 1908. Dimensions: height: 17.2 cm (6.7 in); width: 25 cm (9.8 in). Medium: gouache, india ink, paper. Collection: Pushkin House. Yakov Turok Is Singing by B Kustodiev 1908
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