MIKHAIL NESTEROV’S LETTER TO HIS SISTER ALEXANDRA NESTEROVA, WITH HIS DRAWING COLOURED BY HIS DAUGHTER OLGA

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Kiev, 15 June 1893 

“A FASHIONABLE KIEVAN WOMAN. A BLACK CHEVIOT SHEEP [COAT], LENGTH – SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE KNEES, FOLDS AT THE BACK, THE COLLAR TURNDOWN AND STANDUP, LAPELS AND BUTTONS ON THE FRONT. SEW THIS ONE FOR YOURSELF, SASHA, THAT’S BEAUTIFUL WITH A BLACK SKIRT AND GREEN BODICE (A HANDKERCHIEF TUCKED BEHIND THE BELT.”