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Carolus XI D.G. Suecorum Gothorum, Vandalorum etc: Rex.
Carolus XI D.G. Suecorum Gothorum, Vandalorum etc: Rex.
P. Stephani Fec.
ex Formis Nicolai Visscher cum Privil: Ordin: General: Belgii Federati [c.1700].
Etching, sheet 230 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet at edges.
Karl XI (1655-97), king of Sweden. Crowned in 1675 at the age of seventeen, Karl was immediately required to defend lands recently acquired from Denmark in the Scanian War (1675-9). Thereafter he sustained peace for the remainder of his rule, and was succeeded by his son Karl.
[Ref: 42991]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Emerici Tokoly
Emerici Tokoly Hungarici Comitis, Vera Effigies.
a Plasse pinx: P. Stephani F. Sculp.
ex Formis Nicolae Visscher cum Privil: Ordin: General Belgii Foederati. [n.d., c.1790.]
Rare etching, watermarked laid paper, 370 x 280mm. 14½ x 11". Horizontal creases to centre of plate.
Handsome bust portrait in oval frame of Count Imre (Emerich) Thököly de Kesmarkium (1657 - 1705) was a Hungarian statesman and national hero. He led an anti-Habsburg uprising; significantly, as inscribed below the title, this plate was (re)issued in the United States of Belgium, a short-lived confederation of the Southern Netherlands which existed from January to December 1790, during a revolt against the Habsburg Emperor Joseph II.
[Ref: 20764]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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