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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
#26020138

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...

Croatian troops under Banus Jellacic arrive in the     
outskirts of Vienna to support the Emperor against     
the revolutionaries in the Imperial capital,           
October 1848.                                          
Painting by Josef Heicke
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Croatian troops under Banus Jellacic arrive in the outskirts of Vienna to s...

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
#26020146

Horses shy and farmers are frightened as a railroad car passes on the new Southe...

"Steamcar and steamhorses in the Vienna Prater         
in 1942", satyrical print from the Vienna              
Theaterzeitung (Theater Magazine) of 1842,             
projecting a traffic jam one century later.            
Inv. 108.271/1
#26020147

"Steamcar and steamhorses in the Vienna Prater in 1942", satyrical prin...

Bird's eye view of downtown Vienna and the new         
buildings along the Ringstrasse-Boulevard which        
replaced the bastions and ancient fortifications       
after the revolution of 1848 was put down.             
Sepia drawing by Gustav Veith, 1873
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Bird's eye view of downtown Vienna and the new buildings along the Ring...

The Vienna Operahouse shortly after completion,        
around 1870.                                           
Inv. 31.448
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The Vienna Operahouse shortly after completion, around 1870....

The Vienna Operahouse at night, around 1930.           
Painting by Ferdinand Michel                           
Inv. 146.036
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The Vienna Operahouse at night, around 1930. Painting by Ferdinand Mi...

Court ball at the Vienna "Hofburg", the town palace    
of the Emperors of Austria-Hungary. Emperor Franz-     
Joseph greets a lady, behind her, with beard, Vienna   
Lord Mayor Karl Lueger.German Emperor Wilhelm II on    
the right. Sepia drawing, 50 x 36 cm     Inv. 56570
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Court ball at the Vienna "Hofburg", the town palace of the Emperors of Austr...

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...

Poster for the International Aviation Meeting in       
Vienna, Aspern airfield, June 1912.
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Poster for the International Aviation Meeting in Vienna, Aspern airfield,...

The death of Count Pappenheim,General during the Thirty
Years' War.His 8.000 cavaliers decided the battle of   
Luetzen,1632,for the Catholic armies,but Pappenheim was
fatally wounded.Erroneously,Makart lets General Tilly  
pass the dying man.1861/62,canvas,Inv.117.566
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The death of Count Pappenheim,General during the Thirty Years' War.His 8.000 cav...