3783563 Peter the Great at Deptford Dockyard by Maclise, Daniel (Croquis, Alfred) (1806-70); (add.info.: Peter the Great at Deptford Dockyard. In 1698 Peter the Great, ruler of the Russian Empire, sailed from St Petersburg, Russia to Deptford, England with his Great Embassy to learn how to organize their navy and build warships. After the 1857 original by Daniel Maclise, Irish painter, 25 January 1806 ? 25 April 1870. Courtesy of Royal Holloway College, London, UK.); Lebrecht History.