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A popular play in Vienna shows poet and actor Johann Nestroy as Chancellor Clemens Metternich and two obedient citizens,one the Lord Mayor of Vienna, bowing deeply. The "Metternich System",the restoration period after the Napoleonic wars,relied heavily on police, informers and censorship.
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A popular play in Vienna shows poet and actor Johann Nestroy as Chancellor Cleme...

Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732-1817),professor of         
political science at the University of Vienna,         
freemason;convinced Empress Maria Theresia to abolish  
torture.                                               
Engraving after the portrait by Lampi,around 1800.
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Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732-1817),professor of political science at the...

Joseph II letzter Morgen - Emperor Joseph II's last    
morning,1790                                           
Coloured engraving
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Joseph II letzter Morgen - Emperor Joseph II's last morning,1790...

Funeral monument (Castrum Doloris) erected by the      
citizens of Vienna for the requiem mass for Emperor    
Joseph II in St.Stephens Cathedral,April 30,1790.      
Coloured engraving
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Funeral monument (Castrum Doloris) erected by the citizens of Vienna for t...

Emperor Joseph's arrival in Elysium. "He dwells in     
better worlds,among heroes and wise men.."             
Coloured engraving.
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Emperor Joseph's arrival in Elysium. "He dwells in better worlds,among hero...

Meeting of Emperor Leopold II with King Friedrich-
Wilhelm III of Prussia and Elector Friedrich August of
Saxony in Castle Pilnitz,August 24th 1791.
Coloured engraving,40,2 x 49,3 cm     Inv.108.475
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Meeting of Emperor Leopold II with King Friedrich- Wilhelm III of Prussia and El...

Return of M.Blanchard from his 38th air travel,        
landing in Gross-Enzersdorf near Vienna, July 6,1791.  
Coloured engraving,24 x 34 cm      Inv.62.014
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Return of M.Blanchard from his 38th air travel, landing in Gross-Enzersd...

"Der heilige Augenblick" - "the holy moment" after the 
Battle of Leipzig,Oct.18,1813.Fieldmarshal Prince Karl 
Schwarzenberg before the kneeling allied monarchs      
Emperor Franz I,Tsar Alexander I and King Friedrich    
Wilhelm III of Prussia.Coloured lithograph.
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"Der heilige Augenblick" - "the holy moment" after the Battle of Leipzig,Oct.18...

Satire on the waltz-madness of the Viennese:"The       
great gallop"1839.                                     
Coloured engraving,supplement to the "Wiener Allgemeine
Theaterzeitung"newspaper,June 27,1839.22,5 x 28,5 cm   
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Satire on the waltz-madness of the Viennese:"The great gallop"1839....

A Lipizzan horse performing a passage (Spanish trot)   
to the right.
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A Lipizzan horse performing a passage (Spanish trot) to the right.

A Lipizzan horse performing a capriole, straight ahead.
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A Lipizzan horse performing a capriole, straight ahead.

"La Bride",bridles and snaffles from Gueriniere's      
"School of Cavalry"of 1729.
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"La Bride",bridles and snaffles from Gueriniere's "School of Cavalry"of 17...