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Born #OnThisDay in 1729: #SophieofAnhaltZerbst (1729-96) Empress of Russia as #CatherineII
Portrait by #MikhailShibanov (d. after 1789), 1794
#CatherineTheGreat #Екатери́наВели́кая
#Romanov #Ascania
Born #OnThisDay in 1729: #SophieofAnhaltZerbst (1729-96) Empress of Russia as #CatherineII
Portrait by Johann Baptist von #Lampi the Elder (1751-1830), 1793
#CatherineTheGreat #Екатери́наВели́кая
#Romanov #Ascania
Born #OnThisDay in 1732: #StanisławAugustPoniatowski, King of Poland as #StanisławIIAugustus (1732-98), lover of Empress #CatherineTheGreat
Portrait by #MarcelloBacciarelli (1731-1818), 1793
#Poniatowski
Day #92 of my 100 day iPad illustration project. #catherinethegreat “Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.” Another #powerfulwomen illustration using #adobefresco #gracefull_arts #100dayproject #ipadart #adobe #artistsofinstagram #childrensbooks #dothe100dayproject
I found "The Great" to be a lot more than just great.
#pixel_art #pixel #pixels #pixelart #pixelartwork #pixelaesthetic #gameart #fanart #retroaesthetic #retroart #cute #TheGreat #ElleFanning #NicholasHoult #CatherineTheGreat
Born #OnThisDay in 1729: Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-96) aka Empress #CatherineII of Russia
Portrait by #VladimirBorovikovsky (1757-1825), 1794
#CatherineTheGreat #Екатери́наВели́кая
#Romanov #Ascania
Born #OnThisDay in 1729: Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-96) aka Empress #CatherineII of Russia
Portrait by Johann Baptist von #Lampi the Elder (1751-1830), 1793
#CatherineTheGreat #Екатери́наВели́кая
#Romanov #Ascania
Born #OnThisDay in 1729: Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-96) aka Empress #CatherineII of Russia
Portrait by #DmitryLevitzky (1735-1822), 1783
#CatherineTheGreat #Екатери́наВели́кая
#Romanov #Ascania
Born #OnThisDay in 1729: Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-96) aka Empress #CatherineII of Russia
Portrait by #DmitryLevitzky (1735-1822), ca. 1793
#CatherineTheGreat #Екатери́наВели́кая
#Romanov #Ascania
Born #OnThisDay in 1729: Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-96) aka Empress #CatherineII of Russia
Portrait by #AlekseyAntropov (1716-95), 1762
#CatherineTheGreat #Екатери́наВели́кая
#Romanov #Ascania
Born #OnThisDay in 1732: #StanisławAugustPoniatowski, King of Poland as #StanisławIIAugustus (1732-98), lover of Empress #CatherineTheGreat
Portrait by Marcello #Bacciarelli (1731-1818), 1793
#Poniatowski
Divinely-ordained birthmarks were a sign of the true Tsar of Russia, apparently. There was a whole rash of them during the shaky reign of philosopher-queen Catherine the Great - in CorpseTalk: Queens & Kings, out now from @dfb_storyhouse @acouplecomics
#catherinethegreat #w…