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About the cover
The cover illustration is from "Russia Engages the World, 1453–1825," a major exhibition at the New York Public Library (NYPL), which places Russia in a global context, stressing its interaction with other cultures and the exchange of ideas within its borders. The exhibition will remain on view through January 31, 2004. Russian "types" were a favorite subject of foreign artists who visited or resided in Moscow and St. Petersburg. This colored etching (from a collection of street peddlers in the capital) was the work of two such artists who lived and worked in St. Petersburg in the late 1700s, Christian Schönberg and Christian Geissler. St. Petersbrugishe Hausierer: Crieurs Publics de St. Pétersbourg (St. Petersburg, 1794), in which the etching is published, is part of the NYPL’s Spencer Collection. The original image includes a caption in Russian, German, and French identifying the peddler’s occupation; the caption has been cropped from the image for use on our cover. For more information on NYPL and this exhibit, visit, www.nypl.org.
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