The frontispiece of the present work is a picture of Shevchenko in youth from an original painted by himself. On page 129 we see him as he looked after his return from exile.
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LIFE
Born 1811, February 26.
- 24 years a serf,
- 9 years a freeman,
- 10 years a prisoner in Siberia,
- 3 1–2 years under police supervision.
Died 1861, February 26.
