Catherine the Great & Potemkin: The Imperial Love Affair

ILLUSTRATIONS

Serenissimus Prince Grigory Potemkin, by Johann Baptist von Lampi (1751–1830), Hermitage, St Petersburg, photo by N. Y. Bolotina

Cathrine the Great in 1762 by Vigilius Ericksen (1722–1782), Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chartres, France, Lauros-Giraudon/Bridgeman Art Library

Countess Alexandra Branicka by R. Brompton, Alupka Palace Museum, Ukraine, photo by the author

Portrait of Paul I, 1796–7 by Stepan Semeonovich Shukin (1762–1828), Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia/Bridgeman Art Library

Potemkin’s Palacesacid.^*

Portrait of Catherine II the Great in Travelling Costume, 1787 (oil on canvas) by Mikhail Shibanov (fl. 1783–89), State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia/Bridgeman Art Library

Prince Potemkin-Tavrichesky as Grand Admiral of Black Sea Fleet, attributed to J. B. Lampi, Suvorov Museum, St Petersburg, photo by Leonid Bogdanov

Potemkin’s signature

Catherine the Great, 1973 by Johann Baptist von Lampi (1751–1830), Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia/Bridgeman Art Library

Portrait of Prince Grigori Potemkin-Tavrichesky, c. 1790 by Johann Baptist von Lampi (1751–1830), Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia/Bridgeman Art Library

The roadside memorials marking Potemkin’s death, photo by author

The board announcing Potemkin’s death, photo by author

The trapdoor in St Catherine’s church in Kherson, Ukraine, leading to Potemkin’s tomb, photo by author

Potemkin’s coffin, St Catherine’s, Kherson, Ukraine, photo by author

The ruined church in Potemkin’s home village of Chizhova, Russia, photo author’s collection

Potemkin in Chevalier-Garde uniform, collection of V. S. Lopatin

Potemkin’s mother, Daria Potemkina, Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

The Empress Elisabeth, daughter of Peter the Great, etching by E. Chemesov, Weidenfeld & Nicolson picture collection

The Grand Duchess Catherine with husband Peter and their son, Paul, Weidenfeld & Nicolson picture collection

Field-Marshal Peter Rumiantsev at the Battle of Kagul, 1770, Weidenfeld & Nicolson picture collection

Grigory Orlov, Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

Alexei Orlov, Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich picture courtesy of the British Library

Catherine and Potemkin in her boudoir, author’s collection

Alexander Lanskoy, by D. G. Levitsky, Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

Count Alexander Dmitriyev-Mamonov, by Mikhail Shibanov, Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

Princess Varvara Golitsyna, Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

Countess Ekaterina Skavronskaya with her daughter, by Angelica Kauffman, Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

Princess Tatiana Yusupova, by E. Vigée Lebrun, Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

Portrait of Ekaterina Samoilova by Johann Baptist von Lampi (1751–1830), Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

Elizabeth Chudleigh, Duchess of Kingston, photo author’s collection

Joseph II and Catherine meeting 1787, Weidenfeld & Nicolson picture collection

Charles-Joseph, Prince de Ligne, photo author’s collection

Catherine walking in the park at Tsarskoe Selo, by V. L. Borovikovsky, Weidenfeld & Nicolson picture collection

The storming of the Turkish fortress of Ochakov in 1788, Odessa State Local History Museum, photo by Sergei Bereninich, photo author’s collection

Count Alexander Suvorov, Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

The invitation to Potemkin’s ball in the Taurida Palace, 1791, Odessa State Local History Museum, photo by Sergei Bereninich, photo author’s collection

Princess Ekaterina Dolgorukaya by Johann Baptist von Lampi (1751–1830), Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

Countess Sophia Potocka by Johann Baptist von Lampi (1751–1830), Portraits Russes by Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich, picture courtesy of the British Library

Prince Platon Zubov by Johann Baptist von Lampi (1751–1830), Weidenfeld & Nicolson picture collection

Potemkin’s death, 1791, Odessa State Local History Museum, photo by Sergei Bereninich, photo author’s collection

Potemkin’s funeral, Weidenfeld & Nicolson picture collection

*Potemkin’s Palaces: Taurida, photo by author; Anichkov, author’s collection; Ostrovky, author’s collection; Bablovo, photo by author; Ekaterinoslav, photo by author; Nikolaev, Nikolaev State History Museum, photo by author; Kherson, Kherson State History Museum, photo by author