A sketch-book dating from 1872-1875, comprising approximately 120 pencil drawings, seven coloured pencil drawings and two ink drawings including studies for: A Parisian Café, Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom, A Newspaper Seller in Paris and Slavic Composers; drawings of literary subjects; portrait sketches; sketches of French and Russian characters; and a self-portrait dated 1873 bound therein authenticated by Vera Repina, the artist's daughter in 1935-36