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Mozart and his sister playing for Empress Maria Theresa

Young Mozart and his sister play a duet for Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Francis II and Elizabeth of Valois

Francis II as King of France (left), as Dauphin (right); and his sister, Elizabeth de Valois, wife of Spanish King Phillip II (Felipe II).
Antique hand-colored print

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St. Bartholomews Day Massacre, 1572

Massacre of Huguenots by Catherine de Medici's forces on St Bartholomew's Day, Paris, 1572.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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