Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death.
Artist/Engraver. After Martin van Mytens 1695-1770
Size 36 x 25 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3772/516
German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the unified Principality of Anhalt. From 1603, he was ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Zerbst. Rudolph was the fifth son of Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, but third-born son by his second wife Eleonore, daughter of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg.
Artist/Engraver M.B.
Size 36 x 23 cms
Price £35.00
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English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval
Underneath are the six lines from John Dryden – ‘Three Poets in three distant Ages born,’
English School; (?)1688.
14 x 10 cm
Price £14.00
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Born into an illustrious House of Lorraine, she was the younger daughter of Henry II, Duke of Lorraine, and his wife, Princess Margherita Gonzaga. Her elder sister was Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine. Claude Françoise died in Vienna, aged 35, having given birth to twins, Marie Anne and Anne Marie. She was buried at the Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers, Nancy, Lorraine.
Engraver Elias Wideman (active 1634-1666) Vienna
Size 17 x 13 cm
Price £24.00
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