Otto Koenig von Griechenland.
[after Joseph Carl Stieler.]
[Germany, c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Otto, prince of Bavaria (1815-67) became the first modern King of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers (the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire). In 1862 he was deposed, dying in exile in Bavaria in 1867. After a painting celebrating his appointment by Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1851), now in the Benaki Museum, Athens.
[Ref: 51306] £140.00
[Germany, c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet 310 x 235mm (12¼ x 9¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Otto, prince of Bavaria (1815-67) became the first modern King of Greece in 1832 under the Convention of London, whereby Greece became a new independent kingdom under the protection of the Great Powers (the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire). In 1862 he was deposed, dying in exile in Bavaria in 1867. After a painting celebrating his appointment by Joseph Karl Stieler (1781-1851), now in the Benaki Museum, Athens.
[Ref: 51306] £140.00