Day of my 100 day iPad illustration project. “Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.” Another illustration using

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Born in 1729: Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-96) aka Empress of Russia

Portrait by Johann Baptist von the Elder (1751-1830), 1793


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Born in 1729: Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-96) aka Empress of Russia

Portrait by (1735-1822), 1783


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Born in 1729: Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-96) aka Empress of Russia

Portrait by (1735-1822), ca. 1793


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Born in 1729: Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst (1729-96) aka Empress of Russia

Portrait by (1716-95), 1762


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Born in 1732: King of Poland as (1732-98), lover of Empress

Portrait by Marcello (1731-1818), 1793

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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

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Detail of Stefano Torelli's 1772 Allegory of Catherine the Great's Victory over the Turks and Tatars https://t.co/a3uTxgLed4

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Detail of Stefano Torelli's 1772 Allegory of Catherine the Great's Victory over the Turks and Tatars https://t.co/n48EzmPYnz

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