Acers, ladies, jacks. Dvor and Theater in caricatures of I.A. Vsevolozhsky from the collection of V.P. Pogozheva

The book “Tuza, Ladies, Valetes ...” presents the never previously published collection of cartoons of the director of imperial theaters I. A. Vsevolozhsky, depicting Russian society of Alexander III. The drawings were created in the period of the 1880-1890s, that is, during the fact that the iconic name “Golden Age of the Russian Imperial Theater” received. The remarkable caricatures of the Vsevolozhsky are closely intertwined with power, light, courtyard, money and theater, drawing a lively and fascinating picture of imperial Russia. The chic and elegance of the court life, which Vsevolozhskoy knew very well, find themselves reflected in the mirror of wit, not without poison, which makes you look at this era at a slightly different, not quite familiar angle. This concept also launched the basis of the design of the book - the “mirror” is the very cover of the book, the material of which imitates the effect of caricature reflection in the mirror