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Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski

Also known as: Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tavricheski; primary name: Potemkin, Grigory Aleksandrovich; other name: Potemkin, Gregory Alexandrovich; other name: Potjomkin, Grigory Aleksandrovich; other name: Potyomkin, Grigory Alexandrovich; other name: Потёмкин-Таври́ческий, Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович
Details: individual; military/naval; Russian; Male
Life dates: 1739-1791
Biography: Russian army officer and statesman, for two years Empress Catherine II's (q.v.) lover and for 17 years the most powerful man in the empire; the countess Skavroska was one of his numerous mistresses.

Museum number: 1981,0620.126 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Unger |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

Title: Attaque d'un des côtés de la forteresse d'Oczakow prise et emportée d'assaut par les troupes Russes, |
Museum number: 1870,0625.21 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adam BartschAfter:Francesco Giuseppe Casanova |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

Title: Attaque d'un des côtés de la forteresse d'Oczakow prise et emportée d'assaut par les troupes Russes, |
Museum number: 1870,0625.20 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adam BartschAfter:Francesco Giuseppe Casanova |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

Title: A grand battle between the famous English cock and the Russian hen! |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6041 |
Producer name: BIOG31858 Published by:William Holland |
Production date: 1791

Museum number: 1863,0613.1674-1685 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Georg Berenberg |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:Lauenburg an der Elbe

Museum number: 1863,0613.2160-2167 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Unger |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

Museum number: 1863,0613.2152-2159 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Unger |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:Berlin (city)

Title: The Russian bear and her invincible rider encountering the British legion. |
Museum number: 1868,0808.6038 |
Producer name: BIOG31858 Published by:William Holland |
Production date: 1791

Title: Attaque d'un des côtés de la forteresse d'Oczakow prise et emportée d'assaut par les troupes Russes, |
Museum number: 1870,0625.19 |
Producer name: Print made by:Adam BartschAfter:Francesco Giuseppe Casanova |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:Vienna (city)

Title: Church of the Transfiguration and Palace at Iver Remains of the House of Prince Potemkin, Ostrovki |
Museum number: 1872,1012.5803-5804 |
Producer name: BIOG27434 Print made by:William Floyd |
Production date: 1849-1854

Museum number: 1863,0613.1662-1673 |
Producer name: Print made by:Daniel ChodowieckiPublished by:Johann Georg Berenberg |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:Lauenburg an der Elbe