Tag Archives: Austria

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Francois Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt

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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

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Maximilian I of Mexico 1832-1867

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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

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Ida Laura Pfeiffer 1797-1858

 

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Ida Laura Pfeiffer, née Reyer, a famous early female Austrian professional traveler who became an explorer, ethnographer, and travel writer; her bestselling journals were translated into seven languages . 

Artist/Engraver August Weger 1823-1892 Leipzig
Size28 x 21cms
Price £16.00

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Joseph de Wins 1732-1798

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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

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Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor 1678-1711

Joseph I (Joseph Jacob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius; 1678-1711) was Holy Roman Emperor and ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 1705 until his death in 1711. He was the eldest son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor from his third wife, Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. Joseph was crowned King of Hungary at the age of nine in 1687 and was elected King of the Romans at the age of eleven in 1690. He succeeded to the thrones of Bohemia and the Holy Roman Empire when his father died.

Artist/Engraver Johann Ulrich Kraus 1655-1719
Size 34 x 23 cms
Price £38.00

Ref:3702

Frederick III 1415–1493 Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick III was Holy Roman Emperor from 1452 until his death in 1493. He was the penultimate emperor to be crowned by the pope, and the last to be crowned in Rome. He was the fourth King of the Romans and the first Holy Roman Emperor from the House of Habsburg, who was to retain the title with one gap until it was declared at an end by Emperor Francis II, in 1806.

Artist/Engraver
Size 32 x 22 cms
Price £28.00

Ref:3698

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