nastywizard:vintage-ukraine:Taras Shevchenko and Ira Aldridge by...

nastywizard : vintage-ukraine : Taras Shevchenko and Ira Aldridge by Heorhiy Melikhov, 1963 Famous Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko befriended the African-American Shakespearean actor Ira Aldridge, while the latter was on tour to the Russian Empire in 1858. Shevchenko did his portrait in pastel. It is recounted that the two men got along very well. While posing for the portrait, Aldridge…