    
Title: Peter Iii Emperor of Russia Description: A portrait of Peter III (February 21, 1728-July 17, 1762), emperor of Russia for six months in 1762; pictured in the uniform of a colonel in his Preobrazhenskii Guards, named after a small village near Moscow, Russia; he was reportedly mentally immature and very pro-Prussian which made him an unpopular leader; assassinated in a conspiracy led by his wife, Catherine II of Russia (AKA: Catherine the Great; May 2, 1729-November 17, 1796) who succeeded him to the throne; Category: Russia Topic: Catherine the Great Keywords: assassinations, eighteenth Century Russia, emperors, empresses, military uniforms of eighteenth century, Russia. Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 1500 x 2006 (3.01 MPixels) (1.34) Print Size: 12.7 x 17.0 cm; 5.0 x 6.7 inches File Size: 8.63 MB (9,054,438 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000259209c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
