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Peacock clock detail in the Pavilion Hall The Hermitage St Petersburg Russia Royalty Free Stock Photo

Peacock clock detail in the Pavilion Hall The Hermitage St Petersburg Russia. The Peacock Clock is a large automaton featuring three life-sized mechanical birds. It was manufactured by the entrepreneur James Cox in the 2nd half of the 18th century and through the influence of Grigory Potemkin it was acquired by Catherine the Great in 1781 The State Hermitage Museum is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The second largest art museum in the world, it was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great acquired an impressive collection of paintings from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky