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The crowd gathers around the body of the Minister of War, Count Theodor Baillet de Latour, hanged by revolutionaries on the square Am Hof, October 6, 1848. Watercolour by Johann Christian Schoeller. Inv. 104.776
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The crowd gathers around the body of the Minister of War, Count Theodor Baillet...

The revolution is quenched: Imperial troops under Field Marshal Windischgraetz attack Vienna, October 23 - 29, 1848.
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The revolution is quenched: Imperial troops under Field Marshal Windischgr...

Imperial troops attack the Burgtor, one of Vienna's City gates. October 1848
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Imperial troops attack the Burgtor, one of Vienna's City gates. October 1848

Horses shy and farmers are frightened as a railroad car passes on the new Southern line between Vienna and Baden, 1847. Watercolour by Leander Russ Inv. 61.867
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Horses shy and farmers are frightened as a railroad car passes on the new Southe...

Emperor Franz Joseph watches his granddaughter in the park of his villa in Ischl,Upper Austria. Grand-nephews and nieces search for Easter-eggs. Watercolour, 1908
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Emperor Franz Joseph watches his granddaughter in the park of his villa...

Emperor Franz Joseph I visits Budapest, the second capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He looks down upon city and Chain-Bridge from the Fischer- bastion of the new Palace. Watercolour, 1908
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Emperor Franz Joseph I visits Budapest, the second capital of the Austro-Hungar...

Emperor Franz Joseph I returns from his trip to Budapest and is greeted at the Vienna Western railroad station by the Lord Mayor of Vienna Karl Lueger.
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Emperor Franz Joseph I returns from his trip to Budapest and is greeted...

Emperor Franz Joseph watches the first "Dirigible", later called "Zeppelin", slowly moving across the courtyard of Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna. The airship dropped black-and-yellow flags (the Imperial colours) while crossing. Watercolour, 1908
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Emperor Franz Joseph watches the first "Dirigible", later called "Zeppelin",...

Spring parade on the Schmelz, Vienna's largest parade ground. Spectators stand in their coaches to get a better view of the parading troops. Watercolour, 1898
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Spring parade on the Schmelz, Vienna's largest parade ground. Spectators stand...

The Cafe Griensteidl, on Michaelerplatz, abode and home to Vienna's literati around the turn of the century. Watercolour by R. Voelkel, 1897 Inv. 62.352
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The Cafe Griensteidl, on Michaelerplatz, abode and home to Vienna...

Literary critic and satirist Karl Kraus during a lecture. His main work, "The ultimate days of mankind" is a bitter spoof of Austrian chauvinism and the general enthusiasm at the beginning of the First World War. Watercolour by Alfred Hegel.
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Literary critic and satirist Karl Kraus during a lecture. His main work,...

French aviation pioneer Louis Bleriot demonstrates his latest plane in Vienna, in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph. (The Emperor and Bleriot in the left wing of the painting).
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French aviation pioneer Louis Bleriot demonstrates his latest plane in Vien...