At first I was very surprised. Then I began to read a biography of Shishkin - after graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts , he mastered the technique of lithography , and worked at the Hermitage , copying the works of the masters . In the picture with one hand like a signature Shishkin, but on the other hand , the inscription Peterhof 184 ? and the initials AS Could this be a copy of a drawing by Shishkin A Shtakenshnejdera ? Exactly the same work Shtakenshnejdera I did not find , but it looks like .
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