Franz Joseph von Schlik of Bassano and Weisskirchen was a count and general in the Austrian Empire. He was one of the most successful Austrian generals during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Artist: Weger
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Size 17 x 22 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2217
His family (originally “Begasse”) came from Belgium, in the region near Verviers and Liège. He was the third child of Franz Anton Begasse (1764–1842), a judge, and his wife, Susanne née Hoffstadt. In 1802, they moved to Cologne, where he received his first artistic training from the miniaturist, Franz Katz [de]. Later, he studied at the Lyceum in Bonn with Clemens August Philippart (1751–1825). In 1813, he went to Paris, where he became a student of Antoine-Jean Gros. While there, shortly after the Battle of Paris, his talent was noticed by King Friedrich Wilhelm III, who bought one of his works and became his patron. He remained in Paris until 1821. His first works dealt exclusively with Christian themes.
Artist: Weger
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Size 12 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2198
Edward VII was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe.
Artist: Weger
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Size 9 x 12 cms
Price £14.00
Ref:1316
Count Iosif Vladimirovich Romeyko-Gurko, also known as Joseph or Ossip Gourko, was a prominent Russian field marshal during the Russo-Turkish War
Artist: Weger
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Size 18 x 24 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2232
French nobleman, revolutionary and politician, the son of Lucien Bonaparte and his second wife Alexandrine de Bleschamp.
Size 14 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
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Napoléon, Prince Imperial, also known as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, was the only child of Emperor Napoleon III and his wife, Eugénie de Montijo. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he relocated with his family to England.
Size 15 x 19 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2234
Marie Isabelle d’Orléans was born an infanta of Spain and a Princess of Orléans and became the Countess of Paris by marriage.
Artist: Weger
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Size 16 x 20 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2988
Daughter of Jean Baptist and Caroline Baison , was prepared for a career in the theater by her father. She first appeared on the stage in children’s roles at the Prague German State Theater in 1858
Artist: August Weger
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Size 14 x 18 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:3024
Russian general famous for his conquest of Central Asia and heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Dressed in white uniform and mounted on a white horse, and always in the thickest of the fray, he was known and adored by his soldiers as the “White General”
Artist: Weger
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Size 15 x 21 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2231
German classical singer
Subject gender: Female
Artist: Weger
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Size 13 x 16 cms
Price £28.00
Ref:2989