Dream-like Russian? townscape; foreground, a lit lamp post, a road, a sentry box and a soldier, wearing a helmet and a long coat, holding a bayonet in his right hand; middleground, a cat, a fence and a large three storey building with two figures in windows; background, a house, an orthodox church with an onion-shaped cupola, and two figures on horse? drawn sleighs. Large areas left unworked. Etched in outline with foul-biting, scraping and wiping. Paper has the watermark 'ARCHES (FRANCE)'
