Painting

The caption under the picture – “Greyhound of Nikon’s Court Hunting” (1869) Andrus Kozlov wrote: In my opinion, an unsuccessful translation into English. In Russian “Борзятник Никонов” ~Borzyatnik Nikonov. On the picture, borzois from the Imperial hunt in Gatchina and the huntsman Nikonov. There is a sketch of this painting of a later period –