Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia Product:Canvas Bal masqué (Poster)

Bal masqué (Poster)

carrying two poles with dead rabbits hanging from them

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The proposed Greenwich and Gravesend railroad crossing Greenwich Park

View of Newnham's Place

Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia Product:Canvas Bal masqué (Poster)Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, 1782. Portrait of Catherine II (1729 1796) who came to the throne in 1762. A German princess, Catherine was chosen at the age of 14 to be the wife of Peter III of Russia. The marriage was a failure and Catherine conspired with a group of nobles including her lover, Count Orlov, to depose the Tsar with Catherine ruling in his stead. Her reign saw Russia take an increasing role in European affairs and expand its