Nicolai and Serge Legat published a
collection of caricatures in water colour. The album contained
ninety-four cartoons of the most famous people of the day in
the ballet world. It was published at twenty-five roubles, but
in spite of the high price it was quickly sold out. A copy
bound in white leather was presented to the Tsar Nicolas II.
The title was The Russian Ballet in Caricature.
Legat lost everything he possessed during
the revolution, including his albums.All the originals are in
the Bakhrushin Museum in Moscow together with many other
drawings.
Legat met a friend and former pupil,
Laurent Novikoff in London who possessed a copy of the chief
album in colour and had them reproduced.
Some of the caricatures in the archives are
reprints from the album and some are copies of copies.
