uriart, this meeting was actually in 1858. When Aldridge was on tour in St. Petersburg. Here are recollections of Catherine Junge:
"Mr. Chaly said at the workshop visits Aldridge Shevchenko, who painted his portrait:" He was Aldridge, the room was locked with a key, and God only knows what they're saying. "However, I know a few myself, so as always present during this and willing to share my s readers. we come to three Shevchenko: Aldridge, my ten-year sister, whom Aldridge, after she said that although he and the Negro, but she went to marry him, called his «little wife», and myself. tragedian seriously sat down to the place and sat for some time solemn and quiet, but lively nature it could not stand, he began to make faces and joke with us, took comically frightened when Shevchenko was looking at him. We all the time laughing. Aldredge received permission to sing and prolonged melancholic, and original negro melodies, or poems old english love songs, completely unknown to us. Taras listened and listened, and pencil idly fell to his knees. Finally, Aldridge would jump up and indulged dance some «gig , to the delight of my little sister. Then we all went with us to tea. Despite the originality of these sessions, the portrait was soon finished, signed by the artist and model, and is now at me. "
EF Junge, Recollections of Shevchenko, the European Journal, 1873, № 8, p. 837-842.
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