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   The former capital citizen - a person who'd got used to the strict regulation of his life by the service and compulsory court obligations, found himself in a solitary place from where, as N.V.Gogol' wrote, "after three years of riding you would find yourself in the middle of nowhere". Russian nobleman acquired free time for himself. The way to spend the leisure time became a real challenge. It's amazing whatsoever could the noblemen do! Someone Lezin compiles the images of tiny letters and very proud of himself he tries to calculate, how many of them could fit into the royal face or the double-headed eagle.
   An unknown amateur artist of the first half of the XIX century with a stroke of a pen draws the hunting scene.
   Retired civil conductor Georgy Kuz'mich Leonov with a great effort and enormous labour in 1891 executes an extraordinary meticulous painting with the view of the Moscow City Duma (City Hall), he even indicates exact time "used" to undertake this gigantic project 435 hours and 45 minutes!


Unknown artist of the first half of the XIX century
Hunting. First quarter of the XIX century
Paper, ink, pen. 18,3 õ 30,5. The drawing is made with a stroke of the pen
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