help with Chekhov reference

[Michael Denner]

Dear Colleagues!
I wondered if anyone out there with a PSS of Chekhov handy might help me
with a reference. Near the end of Chapter One of Дуэль, Laevsky says:

У Верещагина есть картина: на дне глубочайшего колодца томятся приговоренные
к смерти. Таким вот точно колодцем представляется мне твой великолепный
Кавказ...

The cheap edition of Chekhov that I have doesn't annotate the reference to
Vereshchagin, and the SRS at Univ. of Illinois doesn't have the volume with
Дуэль. So, my questions:

1) Is it V. V. Vereshchagin, or one of the other two artists named
Vereshchagin (all of whom lived about the same time)?
2) Does the PSS indicate the title of the painting? Or does someone out
there recognize the painting from its description?


Pls. respond to me directly and thanks again for the help.

mad
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Dr. Michael A. Denner
Russian Studies Program
Stetson University
Campus Box 8361
DeLand, FL 32724
386.822.7381 (department)
386.822.7265 (direct line)
386.822.7380 (fax)
http://www.stetson.edu/organizations/russian_club/mypage.htm
http://russianpoetry.net

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