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5234615
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Prints / graphics
Title
C.A. v. HARDENBERG Preussischer Staatskanzler
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11,5 x 9,5
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Portrait bust to the left of the Prussian statesman Karl August von Hardenberg (1750-1822), he bears various decorations. Von Hardenberg represented Prussia at the Congress of Vienna (1814-1815), where he renounced the annexation of Saxony in exchange for annexation elsewhere. He wanted to reform and modernize the state, but was particularly opposed to it after the fall of Napoleon. Steel engraving, maker unknown. Manufactured around 1850.

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