Escape of Swedish King Charles XII after losing the Battle of Poltava to Peter the Great 1709. Hand-colored woodcut


Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


Size: 4156px × 3298px
Photo credit: © North Wind Picture Archives / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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