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Scene from the "Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a realistic record of the Vienna Frei- haustheater production of 1791.Both Mozart and writer Schikaneder were Freemasons and the trials of Papageno and Tamino are reminiscent of a mason's initiation.
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Scene from the "Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a reali...

Scene from the "Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a realistic record of the Vienna Frei- haustheater production of 1791.Both Mozart and writer Schikaneder were Freemasons and the trials of Papageno and Tamino are reminiscent of a mason's initiation.
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Scene from the "Magic Flute", by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Probably a reali...

In 1809 Napoleon's troops besieged and occupied Vienna. Josef Haydn died shortly after Napoleon's entry into the capital. The engraving shows the bombardement of Vienna by French artillery.
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In 1809 Napoleon's troops besieged and occupied Vienna. Josef Haydn died shortly...

A concert at the Vienna Winter Riding School with a particularly large orchestra, probably a performance of Mendelsohn's "Elias." In the Imperial Box Emperor Francis-Joseph I. Protocol demanded that the conductor not turn his back on the Emperor.
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A concert at the Vienna Winter Riding School with a particularly large orche...

Auguste Armand Vestris (1760-1842), first dancer and ballet master of the Paris opera, and Mlle. Angiolini in the "Ballet of the Tyrolese," 1810. Coloured engraving.
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Auguste Armand Vestris (1760-1842), first dancer and ballet master of the Pa...

The concert,coloured engraving from "Basedows Elementarwerk"
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The concert,coloured engraving from "Basedows Elementarwerk"

An evening with Schubert in a Vienna salon.In his engraving,Julius Schmidt has united everybody who was somebody in the Vienna of the 1830ties;Schubert and his friends singer Vogel,painters Kupelwieser and Schwind;poet Grillparzer,diarist Karoline Pichler etc.
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An evening with Schubert in a Vienna salon.In his engraving,Julius Schmidt...

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...

Martin Luther (1483-1546). Engraving 20 x 15 cm Inv. 1929-81
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Martin Luther (1483-1546). Engraving...

Martin Luther (1483-1546) with doctor's cap. Engraving
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) with doctor's cap. Engraving

Fernao Magelhaes (1480?-1521) and his ship "Victoria" in which he began the first westward round the world voyage. In 1520 he found the "Magelhaes Street" between Latin America and Fireland, and was killed by local tribesmen in the Philippines in 1521.
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Fernao Magelhaes (1480?-1521) and his ship "Victoria" in which he began the fi...

French artillery bombards Vienna in May 1809
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French artillery bombards Vienna in May 1809