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Pavel Petrovich Svinin - Albany, New York

Albany, New York (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
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Pavel Petrovich Svinin

Pavel Petrovich Svinyin or Svinin was a prolific Russian writer, painter, and editor known as a "Russian Munchausen" for many exaggerated accounts of his travels. He was Appolon Maykov's brother-in-law and Aleksey Pisemsky's father-in-law.

Svinyin, an inveterate Anglophile, accompanied Dmitry Senyavin in the second Archipelago expedition of 1806 and was employed at the Russian consulate in Philadelphia between 1811 and 1813. He was an aide-de-camp to General Moreau and was present when he died. His first book, Sketches of Moscow and St. Petersburg (1813), made its first appearance in Pennsylvania in English. He left one of the first written depictions of black church music in the United States and launched the publication of the literary magazine Otechestvennye Zapiski in 1818.

Svinyin was on friendly terms with many leading Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, and promoted the careers of talented peasants. In 1830 he left the capital and settled at his country estate near Galich. Svinin authored several historical novels and plays, a guide to St. Petersburg and its suburbs (in 5 volumes, 1816–28) and a catalogue of the Kremlin Armoury (1826). His personal collection, known as the "Russian Museum", featured a number of valuable paintings, statues, manuscripts, antiques, coins, and gems. It was auctioned off in 1834.

As secretary to the Russian diplomatic representative in the early 1810s, he painted a number of watercolors of life in America. Later he published the book Voyage Pittoresque Aux Etats-Unis de l'Amérique par Paul Svignine en 1811, 1812, et 1813.

"Merrymaking at a Wayside Inn", depicts travelers grabbing a hurried and impromptu dance on the road in early 1810s America (in rural Pennsylvania), and shows practices which would have been considered inelegant or shockingly informal in many socially genteel circles in Europe at the time (such as smoking in the presence of ladies, smoking indoors, a man taking off his tailcoat in the presence of ladies—leaving him wearing only his waistcoat and shirt on top—and holding onto one's horsewhip while dancing). Only one of the women has bothered to take off her bonnet. One of the dancing men isn't wearing socks/stockings.

At left, a couple is indulging in what could be considered an inappropriate public display of affection by some European standards of etiquette, while at right a black fiddler provides the music for the dance. Wagons can be seen outside the door.

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A View of the Potomac at Harpers Ferry

A View of the Potomac at Harpers Ferry (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
Two Indians and a White Man in a Canoe

Two Indians and a White Man in a Canoe (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
Black Methodists Holding a Prayer Meeting

Black Methodists Holding a Prayer Meeting (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
Philadelphia from across the Delaware River

Philadelphia from across the Delaware River (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
An Osage Warrior

An Osage Warrior (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
Shad Fishermen on the Shore of the Hudson River

Shad Fishermen on the Shore of the Hudson River (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
General Washington’s Tomb at Mount Vernon

General Washington’s Tomb at Mount Vernon (1811–ca.1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
A Philadelphia Anabaptist Immersion during a Storm

A Philadelphia Anabaptist Immersion during a Storm (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
A Country Residence, Possibly General Moreau’s Country House at Morrisville, Pennsylvania

A Country Residence, Possibly General Moreau’s Country House at Morrisville, Pennsylvania (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
Travel by Stagecoach Near Trenton, New Jersey

Travel by Stagecoach Near Trenton, New Jersey (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
The Traveler’s First View of New York—The Battery and Flagstaff

The Traveler’s First View of New York—The Battery and Flagstaff (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
The Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia

The Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
Indian Antiquities

Indian Antiquities (1812–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
The Chief of the Little Osages

The Chief of the Little Osages (1811–ca. 1813)

Pavel Petrovich Svinin (Russian, 1787-1839)
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