Friday 15 November 2013

Franz Joseph I of Austria

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Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, in 1898. In that year his wife and Empress of 44 years, Elisabeth, was assassinated by Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni.

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Original B&W photo.

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I think this 1910 oil painting, from which I took the colours, may well have been based on the 1898 photo. Note the extra medals in the painting.

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  1. My one grandfather was born in 1898. He lived to like 94 or something.

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  2. […] well as being Empress of Austria, Elisabeth was Emperor Franz Joseph’s queen consort of Hungary, and the coronation, on the 8th of June 1867, was commemorated with this […]

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