Austrian military officer. He was city commander of Prague from 1671 and imperial field marshal from 1682.
Size 11 x 6 cms
Price £12.00
Ref:3765/515
François Sébastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt (14 October 1733–21 July 1798), a Walloon, joined the army of the Habsburg monarchy and soon fought in the Seven Years’ War. Later in his military career, he led Austrian troops in the Austro-Turkish War. During the French Revolutionary Wars, he saw extensive fighting and rose to the rank of Field Marshal.
after Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg
Size 12 x 8 cm
Price £14.00
Ref:3758/515
The younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph, Maximilian was viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia until 1859. He was commander-in-chief of the Imperial Navy and commissioned a number of buildings, most notably the castle at Miramare, which he never saw completed. Made Emperor of Mexico with the support of Napoleon III, he was taken prisoner in Querétaro by Republican forces and shot.
Engraver Adolf Neumann 1825-1884
19 x 12 cm
Price £18.00
Ref:3755/514
Charles VI was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from 1711 until his death, succeeding his elder brother, Joseph I. He unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Spain following the death of his relative, Charles I
Size 14 x 17cms
Artist Müller, Gabriel
Price £28.00
Ref:3730/514
Joseph Nikolaus Freiherr de Vins or Joseph de Wins (1732 – 26 September 1798), joined the army of Habsburg Austria and fought in the Seven Years’ War where he was decorated for bravery. By 1773 he earned promotion to general officer. From 1783 he held important posts on the Military Frontier and led an independent corps in Croatia during the Austro-Turkish War. In the French Revolutionary Wars he commanded the joint forces of Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont from 1792 until 1795.
Artist/Engraver Jacob Adam 1793
Size 16 x 11cms
Price £28.00
Ref 3725/512
Ingeborg Bronsart von Schellendorf, née Starck (1840-1913), was born to Swedish parents in St Petersburg. In the late 1850s, she studied with Franz Liszt, who greatly encouraged her; in 1861 she married the composer-conductor Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff (1830-1913)
Artist/Engraver August Weger 1823-1892 Leipzig
Size 29 x 20cms
Price £14.00
Ref:3724/514