print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.3672
- Title
- Object: A Key to the whole State of Europe.
- Description
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Text accompanying 1868,0808.3671
- Production date
- 1741 (ca)
- Dimensions
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Height: 248 millimetres
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Width: 134 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The Holy Roman emperor Charles VI died on 20.10.1740 and was to be succeeded by his daughter Maria Theresa, wife of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Francis Stephen of Lorraine. This transition was challenged by Prussia (invading the Habsburg province Silesia in December 1740), and later by other countries (France, Bavaria, Spain, Saxony). The Electors of the Holy Roman Empire rejected the candidacy of Maria Theresa’s husband in January 1742, instead deciding for Elector Charles Albert of Bavaria, who was crowned Charles VII in February 1742.
There is a separate broadside of 1741, which depitcts the scene decribed in the text, see BM 1865-6-10-1094. BM Satires believes that the plate and text belong together, but the text may have been printed later.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: War of Austrian Succession 1740-1748
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.3672
