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[Bust of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, in jewels] – Antique Wall Art

[Bust of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, in jewels], [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print
[Bust of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, in jewels], [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic print 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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This rare historic print captures [Bust of Catherine II, Empress of Russia, in jewels] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Here the empress appears not as a painted figure but as a bust, its tonal shading built up in mezzotint and its subject adorned with jewels, a display that signals the wealth of her court. Catherine II ruled Russia from 1762 until her death in 1796, and she cultivated European admiration through correspondence with Voltaire and Diderot and through large-scale art collecting. Prints like this one carried images of rulers well beyond the palace, though the attribution to Charles Townley comes from an undated caption card and should be checked against other sources.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print : mezzotint.
NotesMezzotint by Charles Townley. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: 1. Cunningham, Edmund Francis, 1742-1795.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,010 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144021

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