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Including official portraits, a view of the elephant procession starting from Chowmahila Palace, a group portrait of the 'Imperial Luncheon party at the Residency', the Imperial Review at Secunderabad, several views of the 'March past' of various troops and the departure of the Archduke and suite from Saroonagur.
The Hapsburg Archduke Franz Ferdinand I d'Este (1863-1914), nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph I, is today mainly remembered for his having been assassinated at Sarajevo in 1914. During his lifetime he was known as a passionate hunter in Europe and further afield (including India), and is reputed to have accounted for over 100,000 head of game. He was also a dedicated collector of antique armour, weapons and works of art, many of which, along with some of his trophies, are still housed in the Konopiste Castle, Czechoslovakia, which he rebuilt at the end of the last century.
The Hapsburg Archduke Franz Ferdinand I d'Este (1863-1914), nephew of Emperor Francis Joseph I, is today mainly remembered for his having been assassinated at Sarajevo in 1914. During his lifetime he was known as a passionate hunter in Europe and further afield (including India), and is reputed to have accounted for over 100,000 head of game. He was also a dedicated collector of antique armour, weapons and works of art, many of which, along with some of his trophies, are still housed in the Konopiste Castle, Czechoslovakia, which he rebuilt at the end of the last century.