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Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange 1709-1759

Anne, Princess Royal was the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his consort Caroline of Ansbach. She was the wife of William IV, Prince of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of all seven provinces of the Northern Netherlands. 

Painted by J.Sanders engraved by Pieter Tanje 1706- 1761
Size 30 x 22cms
Price £28.00

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Johann Lorenz von Mosheim 1693-1755

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Johann Lorenz von Mosheim was a German Lutheran theologian who founded the pragmatic school of church historians, which insisted on objective, critical treatment of original sources. In 1723, Mosheim became a professor at Helmstedt and in 1747 was made professor of divinity and chancellor of the university at Göttingen.

Artist/Engraver Georg Daniel Heumann, 1750
Size 34 x 24cms
Price £28.00

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Banquet for King William III and Mary II 11th April, 1689

The two were crowned in a joint ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 11th April 1689, following what was known as the “Glorious Revolution” in which they assumed the monarchy after Mary’s father, King James, II fled to the continent following William’s invasion in late 1688. After the coronation, the newly crowned Sovereigns returned to Westminster Hall where a lavish banquet was held.

Artist/Engraver Mathaus Merian
Size 34 x 40 cms
Price £48.00

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Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor 1678-1711

Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 1678-1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor from his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. Joseph was crowned King of Hungary at the age of nine in 1687 and was elected King of the Romans at the age of eleven in 1690. He succeeded to the thrones of Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire when his father died.

Artist/Engraver Johann Ulrich Kraus 1655-1719
Size 34 x 23 cms
Price £38.00

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Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein 1628-1698

Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein, 3rd Prince (Fürst) of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg, Princely Count (gefürsteter Graf) of Tarasp, Baron (Freiherr) of Hollenburg, Finkenstein and Thalberg; in addition, he served as Lord Chamberlain (Obersthofmeister), Conference Minister (Konferenzminister) and Privy Councilor (Geheimrat) of Emperor Leopold I, and Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece since 1668. Ferdinand Joseph married  Princess Marie Elisabeth of Eggenberg 1640-1715, eldest child and only surviving daughter of Johann Anton I, Prince of Eggenberg, Duke of Krumau and Princely Count (gefürsteter Graf) of Gradisca and his wife, Margravine Anna Maria of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Thanks to his marriage (who related him with the House of Hohenzollern) and the unions of his siblings with members of the first noble families of the Habsburg monarchy (including the Houses of Auersperg, Kaunitz, Liechtenstein, Lobkowitz, Montecuccoli, Trauttmandsorff and Schwarzenberg),

Artist/Engraver Franciscus van der Steen
Size 26 x 17 cms
Price £38.00

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Johann Caspar von Ampringen 1619-1684

Johann Caspar von Ampringen was the 48th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, serving from 27 January 1664 until his death Wrocław, Poland

Size 29 x 38 cms
Price £38.00

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Elisa Bonaparte (Madame Baccioche), Grand Duchess of Tuscany, 1777-1820

Maria Anna Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi Levoy (French: Marie Anne Elisa Bonaparte; 3 January 1777 – 7 August 1820), better known as Elisa Bonaparte, was an imperial French princess and sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. She was Princess of Lucca and Piombino (1805-1814), Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1809-1814) and Countess of Compignano by appointment of her brother.

Artist/Engraver Wiliam Read
Size 26 x 16 cms
Price £18.00

Ref:3699

Frederick III 1415–1493 Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick III was Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 until his death in 1493. He was the penultimate emperor to be crowned by the pope, and the last to be crowned in Rome. He was the fourth King of the Romans and the first Holy Roman Emperor from the House of Habsburg, who was to retain the title with one gap until it was declared at an end by Emperor Francis II, in 1806.

Artist/Engraver
Size 32 x 22 cms
Price £28.00

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Anne of Denmark by Jacobus Houbraken

Anne of Denmark 1574-1619 Queen of James VI & I

by Jacobus Houbraken, after Cornelius Johnson (Cornelius Janssen van Ceulen)
line engraving, circa 1738-1742

Artist/Engraver
Size 42 x 28 cm
Price £38.00

Ref:3697