Title

'Catherine II', (1729-1796), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Catherine II', (1729-1796), 1830. Catherine the Great (1729-1796) born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, Empress of Russia from 1762-1796 following a coup d'etat she organised, resulting in her husband, Peter III, being overthrown. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

Date

1830

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F36_015

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61,7Mb (4,1Mb) / 13,0in x 18,4in / 3906 x 5521 (300dpi)

Keywords

portrait female woman people arts politics country body bodies book royal jewellery jewelry political text location century Russia Russian leader hairstyle literature royalty tiara concept looking at camera B&W one person cleavage hairdo hairdressing titled 19th century black & white black and white Empress 18th century Eighteenth Century nineteenth century historic The Print Collector the body Catherine II the Great coup d'etat illustration direct gaze engraving portrait Unknown Howard Richard Thomas Griffin Alfred C Catherine Catherine the Great von Anholt-Zerbst Sophia Augusta Frederica of Anhalt T Company Peter III Cumming Thomas Tegg Tegg T Tegg & Son Tegg & Son J Catherine von Anholt-Zerbst Katherine II Anhalt-Zerbst Princess Sophie of Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst Biographical Illustrations Alfred Howard Richard Griffin and Company R Griffin and Co Richard Griffin and Charles Griffin Griffin and Company J Cumming Tsar of Rus