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Francis II (1765 - 1835) was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1792 and became Emperor of Austria in 1804
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A pierced wooden brise fan applied with three oval stipple engravings of the Emperor Francis and Venus and Cupid and putti playing blind Man's Buff, inscribed "Fransiscus Empereur", "La mour deziran", "Son Carqoi", "Colen Mayar" - 11in., circa 1792