Category Archives: German

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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 Emperor Charles VI. She was renowned for her delicate beauty and also for being the mother of Empress Maria Theresa.
Size 9.3 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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491

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 1742-1799

German physicist, satirist, and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany.
Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00

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2181

Georg Ulrich Graf von Wolkenstein-Rodenegg 1598-1663

Georg Ulrich von Wolkenstein-Rodeneck, Count of Wolkenstein-Rodeneck since 1630 (born November 1, 1598 at Bruck Castle (Lienz); † April 23, 1663 in Regensburg) was a German canon and envoy to the Westphalian Peace Congress and the Frankfurt Deputation Day ( 1643–1645) and the Reichstag in Regensburg in 1653.
Size 17 x 28.5 cms
Price £28.00

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2442

Johann Georg von Sachsen 1704–1774

Johann Georg was an illegitimate son of August the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Ursula Katharina of Altenbockum, by marriage Princess Lubomirska. At that time, the Lubomirski family was ranked among the most influential families of Poland. He received from his father the name Johann Georg and the characteristic features of thick eyebrows. A few days after his birth, his mother was created Princess of Teschen. Johann Georg grew up in his mother’s houses in Dresden and in Breslau (present-day Wroclaw).
Size 19 x 31 cms
Price £28.00

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2731

Johann Rudolf von Puchheim 1600-1651

Son of Count Johann Christoph von Puchheim, II. and Countess Susanna von Puchheim
Husband of Maria Elisabeth von Püchheim
Father of Countess Maria Maximiliana von Stubenberg
Brother of Johann Christoph III, Count of Puchheim; Otto Friedrich von Puchheim; Countess Eva Susanna Palfi; Maria Elisabeth von Puchheim and Johanna Constanzia von Puchheim
Size 18 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

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2759

Mark Welser 1558–1614

Mark Welser (1558–1614) was a German banker, politician, and astronomer, who engaged in learned correspondence with European intellectuals of his time. Of particular note is his exchange with Galileo Galilei, regarding sunspots.
Date:
Size 5 x 8 cms
Price £14.00

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2838

Empress Caroline Augusta 1792-1873

Princess Caroline Augusta of Bavaria was Empress of Austria by marriage to Francis I of Austria. She was the penultimate child and third daughter of King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria and Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Artist: J.Schott. Vienna
Date:
Size 6.5 x 9 cms
Price £14.00

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