2-708-564 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Great Nobles of Hungary Take the Oath of Loyalty to Maria Theresa, The Young Empress of Austria, in 1740', (c1930). Maria Theresa (1717-1780) travels through the Graben in Vienna to be formally recognized as Archduchess of Austria. The procession, which took place on 22 November 1740, was the first public event in her reign. Detail after Georg Christoph Kriegl's 'Oath of Fealty'. From "The World's Story, a Simple History for Boys and Girls", by Elizabeth O'Neill. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, London & Edinburgh, c1930]