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GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790
Lot 92

GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790

Frederick William II (1744-1797), King of Prussia 1786-1797, facing right in blue coat with red collar and facings with silver button loops, frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue, wearing the orange moiré sash of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle

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GERMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1790
Frederick William II (1744-1797), King of Prussia 1786-1797, facing right in blue coat with red collar and facings with silver button loops, frilled cravat, powdered hair en queue, wearing the orange moiré sash of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle
oval, 1 3/16 in. (30 mm.) high, silver-gilt frame with maker's mark 'AW'

Specialist note

Frederick William II married his first cousin, Elizabeth Christina Ulrika of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1765 and had a daughter. After his divorce in 1769, he was re-married to Frederika Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt and had five children. His reign is characterised by moral decay at the court due to favouritism and the filthiness of numerous mistresses including the notorious trumpeter's daughter 'Rieke' Enke, styled 'Countess von Lichtenau'. She and two merry bigamous morgantic wives made him the happy father of a further nine recognised children.