The illustration "The Storyteller" (the sword is called the Slave of Honor) inspired the creation of the illustration by Lermontov's poem "The Death of a Poet". In illustration 2 there are inscriptions: - After all, honor is your gift. And this is your payment; - And grandfathers, great-grandfathers will rise for their sons, the Fatherland will be reborn Under the banner of the two-headed eagle.