The second funeral of Peter III, 2 December 1796. Unknown artist (in all likelihood Italian). The image takes the form of a scroll 15.8 m long and 0.75 m wide.
Against the background of the procession there stand out the tsar's rod and sceptre and the Great Imperial Crown, which by order of Paul I were carried by Count A.F. Orlov, Prince P.B. Baryatinsky and P.B. Passek, all participants in the murder of the Emperor.
At the close of the Strugatskys' "Roadside Picnic" the Golden Sphere is asked for this: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to leave no one aggrieved, but the digest really does come free. So, here is the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
