Ferdinand was born in Florence, Tuscany, into the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He was the second son of Leopold, then Grand-Duke of Tuscany, and his wife, Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain. Being the Grand Duchy a secundogeniture, when his father was elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand succeeded him as Grand Duke of Tuscany, officially taking the office on 22 July 1790.
Artist: Fietta
Date:1810
Size 11 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2891
He was the second son of Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden and Catharina Ursula von Hohenzollern–Hechingen. He was also the uncle of Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
Size 5.5 x 9 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2926
Born in Paris, Louis was a son of Hereditary Prince Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden and his French wife, Louise of Savoy. His godfather was Louis XIV of France. His father was the elder son of Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden, whom he pre-deceased, leaving Louis to succeed as reigning Margrave of Baden-Baden and head of the Catholic branch of the House of Zähringen.
Size 6 x 11 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2847
Frank II of Borssele was a 15th-century Zeelandic nobleman. He was stadhouder of Holland and Zeeland, but is mainly known as the fourth husband of countess Jacqueline of Holland. He was the son of Floris van Borssele and Oda van Bergen, Lord of Sint Maartensdijk, Scherpenisse and Zuylen.
Artist/Engraver
Size 14 x 13 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:3696
Edward Jenner was an English physician and scientist who pioneered the concept of vaccines and created the smallpox vaccine, the world’s first vaccine. The terms vaccine and vaccination are derived from Variolae vaccinae (‘pustules of the cow’), the term coined by Jenner to denote cowpox. He used it in 1798 in the title of his Inquiry into the Variolae vaccinae known as the Cow Pox, in which he described the protective effect of cowpox against smallpox.
Artist/Engraver Schuster after Pernel
Size 20 x 17 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:3690
Johann Wilhelm II, Elector Palatine (“Jan Wellem”) 1658-1716 of the Wittelsbach dynasty was Elector Palatine , Duke Palatine of Neuburg/Danube Duke of Jülich and Berg and Duke of Upper Palatinate.. From 1697 onwards Johann Wilhelm was also Count of Megen.
Artist Franz Lippold 1688-1768 /Johann Wilhelm Windter 1696-1765
Size 33 x 20
Price £40.00
Ref: 3502
British Army officer who commanded the garrison of Jalalabad during the First Afghan War and was killed in action during the First Anglo-Sikh War.
Artist/Engraver E.Stodart after R.Moseley
Size 26 x 18 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:3670
Senior British Army commander in the late 19th century and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces
Artist/Engraver E.Stodart
Size 26 x 17 cms
Price £16.00
Ref:3669
François Marcellin Certain de Canrobert (born François Certain Canrobert) was a French Marshal. He demonstrated ability during the Second French Empire while participating in the Battle of Alma, the Battle of Magenta, the Battle of Solferino and the Battle of Gravelotte.
Artist/Engraver W.J.Edwards
Size 25 x 16 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:3668
Casimir-Pierre Périer was a prominent French banker, mine owner, political leader and statesman. In business, through his bank in Paris and ownership of the Anzin Coal Co. in the Department of Nord, he contributed significantly to the economic development of France in the early stages of industrialization
Artist/Engraver Adolphe Alexandre Joseph Caron after Louis Hersent.
Size 25 x 16 cms
Price £18.00
Ref:3667