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[Peter I, the Great, Emperor of Russia, half-length portrait, facing right, in armor] – Vintage Photo Print

[Peter I, the Great, Emperor of Russia, half-length portrait, facing right, in armor], [between 1827 and 1871] — antique engraving
[Peter I, the Great, Emperor of Russia, half-length portrait, facing right, in armor], [between 1827 and 1871]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Peter I's likeness here reached the viewer secondhand: the image descends from a painting by Godfrey Kneller, was turned into a print by J. Smith, and was then re-engraved by W. Holl. Kneller painted the Russian tsar during Peter's visit to England in 1698, part of the Grand Embassy he undertook to study shipbuilding and Western practice. The half-length pose in armor, turned to the right, follows the formal conventions of royal portraiture. Holl's engraving, made sometime between 1827 and 1871, shows how the image kept circulating long after the original was painted.

Created / published[between 1827 and 1871]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenrePortrait prints 1820-1880.Engravings 1820-1880.
NotesEngraving by W. Holl, from a print by J. Smith after a picture by Godfrey Kneller.
SubjectsPeter--I,--Emperor of Russia,--1672-1725.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,079 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-163596

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