German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth’s crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism.
Artist: F.Rosmasler 1775-1858 Size 11.5 x 15.5 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:116
Category Archives: German
Frederick William I, King of Prussia 1688-1740
Frederick William I, known as the “Soldier King”, was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel. He was succeeded by his son, Frederick the Great.
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Size 17 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:663
Nicholas, Count of Salm 1459-1530
Nicholas, Count of Salm (1459 – Salmhof, Marchegg, Lower Austria, 4 May 1530) was a German soldier and an Imperial senior military commander (German: Feldherr). His greatest achievement was the defense of Vienna during the first siege by the Ottoman Empire in 1529.
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Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
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Rudolf I of Germany 1218-1291
Rudolf I, also known as Rudolf of Habsburg, was Count of Habsburg from about 1240 and King of Germany from 1273 until his death. Rudolf’s election marked the end of the Great Interregnum in the Holy Roman Empire after the death of the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II in 1250
Size 7.4 x 13 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:332
Johann Franz Reichsgraf von Wrtby 1631-1678
Bohemian statesman. Imperial Privy Councillor and Chamberlain, Assessor of the Higher Regional Court and Vice President of the Chamber in Bohemia.
Size 15 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2969
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 1729-1781
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing was a German philosopher, dramatist, publicist and art critic, and a representative of the Enlightenment era. His plays and theoretical writings substantially influenced the development of German literature.
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Size 10 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:502
Christian Gottfried Körner 1756-1831
German jurist. His home was a literary and musical salon, and he was a friend of Friedrich Schiller
Size 14 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:495
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover 1771-1851
Ernest Augustus was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death in 1851. As the fifth son of George III of the United Kingdom and Hanover, he initially seemed unlikely to become a monarch, but none of his elder brothers had a legitimate son.
Size 11 x 17 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:573
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel 1691-1750
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary; and Archduchess of Austria by her marriage to Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Date:1691
Size 8 x 14 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:899
Charles Frederick II of Württemberg-Oels 1690-1761
Son of the Duke Christian Ulrich I of Württemberg-Oels (1652–1704) from his second marriage to Duchess Sibylle Marie of Saxe-Merseburg (1667–1693), daughter of the Duke Christian I of Saxe-Merseburg. When his father died in 1704, Charles Frederick married on 21 April 1709 in Stuttgart with Sibylle Charlotte (1690–1735), the daughter of Duke Frederick Ferdinand of Württemberg-Weiltingen, a grandson of Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen.
Artist: J.M.B.
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Size 8.5 x 14.5 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:2195