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Elisabeth of Austria (1436 - 1505)

Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Austria_(1436–1505) Relationships: Sophia Jagiellon (6 May 1464-5 October 1512) was a daughter of Elisabeth of Austria
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

The Misery of War, admirably express'd in most noble Painting upon a Copper-Plate, near two Foot broad, and 2 ½ in Length, every Figure merits a Comment; the various Passions being express'd with so particular a Pathos, as is surprizing. Belshasar's Feast, excellently painted upon Board. It seems to be an Original, as the former indisputably is. The Heads of K. Henry 4. and K. Hen. 5. Charles 5. Emperor, and his Son Philip, King of England and Spain. Queen Mary, and Q. Elizabeth, K. James I. and Q. Anne; his Son-in-Law Frederick K. of Bohemia, and Q. Elizabeth, Mother to the Princess Sophia. The Duke of Alva, Oliver Cromwell, quondam-Protector; Mr. Pym, and Tho. Lord Fairfax, the General. Wicliffe, Tindal and Knox (Don. D. S. Wainwright); Dr. Donne, Mr. Marvel, Mr. Bowles, and Mr. Wales. Old Tho. Par, and Mr. Henry Giles, the noted Glass-Painter; all these in Oil-Colours upon Wood or Cloth. Sir Tho. Gascoigne in small upon Copper. Not to mention Family-Pieces, though some are of good Workmanship, particularly one in Miniature to be worn upon the Breast.