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The Throne of Empress Catherine II in the Winter Palace
The throne of Empress Catherine II The Great (1729-1796).
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Marble Statue of Catherine the Great as Minerva
Catherine the Great in the guise of Minerva, marble statue by Fedot Shubin, 1789-1790.
Russian Museum, St Petersburg.
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Catherine II On the Balcony of the Winter Palace On the Day of the Coup
Catherine II on a balcony of the Winter Palace on the 28th of June, 1762, the day of the coup, watercolour by an unknown artist based on the original painting of Joachim H. Kaestner. Late 18th or early 19th century. State Hermitage...
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Tsar Peter III & Catherine the Great
A Portrait of Tsar Peter III and his wife, the future Catherine the Great, oil on canvas by Georg Christoph Grooth, c. 1745.
Odesa Fine Arts Museum, Odesa, Ukraine.
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Portrait of the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna (Catherine the Great)
Portrait of the Grand Duchess Ekaterina Alekseyevna (the future Catherine the Great) around the time of her wedding, oil on canvas by Georg Christoph Grooth, 1745. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg. Scanned by Mrlopez2681 from...
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Empress Catherine II of Russia
A portrait of Empress Catherine II of Russia, oil on canvas by Alexander Roslin, 1780s.
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
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Portrait of Catherine II
Portrait of Catherine II, oil on canvas by Alexey Antropov, 18th century.
Art Gallery of Tver, Russia.
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Bluefly under Microscope
A pen and ink drawing by Robert Hooke (1635-1703) first published in his Micrographia in 1665. This page shows a bluefly seen under a microscope. (National Library of Wales)
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Frozen Structures under Microscope
A pen and ink drawing by Robert Hooke (1635-1703) and published in his Micrographia in 1665. This page shows frozen structures seen under a microscope. (National Library of Wales)
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Culpeper Microscope
A microscope with boxfoot made by George Adams in 1738. Based on a model designed by Edward Culpeper (1670-1737). The concave mirror at the base illuminated the specimen better than a flat mirror. (Science Museum, London)
