First Partition of Poland

Partitions of Poland. The First Partition of Poland. It was decided on August 5, 1772. The agreement was signed in Vienna in February 1772. The partition was conducted by the Habsburg Monarchy, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire. Allegory of the First Partition of Poland: on the left Catherine II of Russia; at the right are Joseph II of Austria and Frederick II of Prussia, quarrelling over their territorial seizures. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Chaillot after the allegorical drawing titled The Troelfth Cake by Jean-Michael Moreau. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

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Augustin Francois Lemaitre (179 - Private collection - Thaliastock