CHORIS, Louis (1787-1828). Village of Tchoutchi. 1816. exotic and the West Indies

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CHORIS, Louis (1787-1828). Village of Tchoutchi. 1816. exotic and the West IndiesLouis Choris Village of Tchoutchi Watercolor and pencil on paper 4 1 4" x 8 1 2" canvas, 15" x 19 1 2" framed Beautiful original watercolor and sketch of a village in Alaska. Louis Choris was born in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire, now Dnipro, Ukraine to German Russian parents on March 22, 1795. In 1816, he visited the Pacific and the west coast of North America on board the Russian expeditionary ship Rurik, serving as an artist with the Romanzoff