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Frederick William III, King of Prussia|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Augustus I, King of Saxony|Pope Pius VII|Frederick I, King of Württemberg|Thomas Rowlandson|Tsar Alexander I|Napoléon Bonaparte|Karl XIV Johan, King of Sweden and Norway

Political Chemist and German Retorts or Dissolving the Rhenish Confederacy

December 12, 1813
Hand-colored etching
24.7 × 34.9 cm (9.7 × 13.7 in)

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