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Angelo Soliman, (1721?-1796), was a  
freemason and wellknown personality in 18th century    
Vienna. He married an Austrian Baroness and prospered; 
Nevertheless, after his death his body was dissected    
and stuffed for Emperor Franz I' collection of curios.
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Angelo Soliman, (1721?-1796), was a freemason and wellknown personality in 18...

Archduke Johann inaugurating the Imperial              
Constitutional Assembly on June 22, 1848, a result     
of the European revolutions of that year. The meeting  
took place in the hall of the Spanish Riding School,   
Vienna. Lithograph, hand-coloured.
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Archduke Johann inaugurating the Imperial Constitutional Assembly...

Emperor Franz Joseph I (1830-1916) on horseback, 1857. 
Emperor after his uncle resigned during the 1848       
Revolution, he became the longest-reigning monarch     
in Europe. He died 1916 during the First World War.
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Emperor Franz Joseph I (1830-1916) on horseback, 1857. Emperor after his uncle...

Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria as a young man.      
Emperor after his uncle resigned during the 1848       
Revolution, he became the longest-reigning monarch     
of Europe. He died 1916 during the First World War.
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Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria as a young man. Emperor after his uncle...

Empress Elisabeth "Sisi" (1837-1898), nee Princess     
in Bavaria, wife of Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-    
Hungary. She was a famed beauty and restless traveller 
and was assassinated in Geneva by an Italian anarchist.
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Empress Elisabeth "Sisi" (1837-1898), nee Princess in Bavaria, wife of Empe...

Fieldmarshal Josef Count Radetzky (1766-1858),         
Commander-in-Chief during the campaigns against        
Italy (1848-1849). Victories at Custozza (1848)        
and Novara (1849).
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Fieldmarshal Josef Count Radetzky (1766-1858), Commander-in-Chief durin...

Fieldmarshal Josef Count Radetzky (1766-1858),         
Commander-in-Chief during the campaigns against        
Italy, 1848-1849. Victories at Custozza (1848) and     
Novara (1849). Portrait in Russian uniform, by         
J. Neugebauer
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Fieldmarshal Josef Count Radetzky (1766-1858), Commander-in-Chief durin...

Archduke Albrecht (1817-1895), son of Archduke Karl,   
victor of the battle of Aspern. Albrecht was the head  
of the anti-German party at the Habsburg Court. He was 
the military commander during the war against Italy.   
His greatest victory was the battle of Novara 1866.
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Archduke Albrecht (1817-1895), son of Archduke Karl, victor of the battle of...

Admiral Wilhelm Tegethoff on the bridge of             
SMS Archduke Ferdinand Max, during the battle          
of Lissa against the Italian fleet, 1866.              
Canvas
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Admiral Wilhelm Tegethoff on the bridge of SMS Archduke Ferdinand M...

Archduke Ferdinand Max, later Emperor Maximilian
of Mexico, executed 1867 by Mexican republican
revolutionaries under Juarez Garcia, wears the
order of the Golden Fleece.
Pastel
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Archduke Ferdinand Max, later Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, executed 1867 by Mex...

Vienna Lord Mayor Karl Lueger (1844-1910) riding       
in his coach during the flower-corso in the Vienna     
Prater in 1904. A very popular Christian-Conservative, 
Lueger was also an outspoken Anti-Semite               
who influenced Adolf Hitler.
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Vienna Lord Mayor Karl Lueger (1844-1910) riding in his coach during the...

Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) in admiral's      
uniform. His assassination in Sarajevo in 1914         
started the First World War.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914) in admiral's uniform. His assassinati...