King Frederick VI of Denmark, facing right in red General's uniform with blue facings and collar, epaulettes, wearing the blue sash and breast star of the Royal Danish Order of the Elephant and the jewel and breast star of the Royal Danish Order of the Dannebrog; curly fair hair and sideburns

Frederick (1768-1839), son of the ill-fated Princess Caroline Matilda and the crazy King Christian VII of Denmark, was regent of Denmark from 1784 and king from 1808. During his reign, Copenhagen was bombarded by the British naval force (1807) and lost Norway to Sweden (1814).
Other miniatures depicting King Frederick VI are illustrated in T. H. Colding, Miniature- og Emaillemaleri i Danmark 1606-1850, Aalborg, 1991, no. 22, 449 and 477.