Print from copper engraving titled „Stanislas-Auguste Poniatowsky. Elu Roide Pologne le 7 Septembre 1764 detrone en Avril 1793; morta Petersbourg le 12 Fevrier 1798“.Engraved by R. Delvaux.From the Histoire de Catherine II, Imperatrice de Russie. Par J. Castera. Paris. 1793.Notes: Tom. I. Page 416.Stanislaw August Poniatowski (also Stanislaw II August; born Stanislaw Antoni Poniatowski 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798) was the last King and Grand Duke of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764–95). He remains a controversial figure in Polish history. Recognized as a great patron of the arts and sciences and a supporter of progressive reforms, he is also remembered as the last king of the Commonwealth, the one who failed to prevent its destruction. Arriving at the Russian imperial court in Saint Petersburg in 1755, he became romantically involved with the twenty-six-year-old Catherine Alexeievna (the future Empress Catherine the Great, reigned 1762-1796), three years his senior. With her support, in 1764 he was elected king of Poland. Approx. image size 13, 7 x 8, 7/19, 6 x 12, 1 cm.

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