Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia mb-code 42-24674152 The Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts

seated and holding a sword

Among the pedestrians is 'Jack in the Green' as part of the May Day celebrations

View of Barber Surgeons' Hall and courtyard

Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia mb-code 42-24674152 The Royal Academy of ArtsPeter the Great, Tsar of Russia, (1906). From the original painting by Jean Marc Nattier, in the Versailles Museum, France. Peter (1672 1725) became Tsar in 1682. He embarked on a campaign to modernise and Europeanise Russia, socially, economically and militarily, and develop her into a maritime power. A print from Queen Anne, by Herbert Paul, Goupil and Co, London, 1906.