Frederick the Great (1712-1786), King of Prussia 1740-1786, in silver embroidered blue coat with red collar and cuffs, black stock and frilled lace cravat, wearing the sash and breast-star of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle, ermine-bordered red velvet cloak decorated with crowns, wearing black tricorn hat adorned with black rosette and grey plumes, powdered hair en queue, holding a cane in his gloved hand; landscape background with a fortress on a mountain top
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PRUSSIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1750
Frederick the Great (1712-1786), King of Prussia 1740-1786, in silver embroidered blue coat with red collar and cuffs, black stock and frilled lace cravat, wearing the sash and breast-star of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle, ermine-bordered red velvet cloak decorated with crowns, wearing black tricorn hat adorned with black rosette and grey plumes, powdered hair en queue, holding a cane in his gloved hand; landscape background with a fortress on a mountain top
rectangular, 3¼ x 2 9/16 in. (83 x 66 mm.), later gilt-metal frame with pierced foliate surmount
Frederick the Great (1712-1786), King of Prussia 1740-1786, in silver embroidered blue coat with red collar and cuffs, black stock and frilled lace cravat, wearing the sash and breast-star of the Royal Prussian Order of the Black Eagle, ermine-bordered red velvet cloak decorated with crowns, wearing black tricorn hat adorned with black rosette and grey plumes, powdered hair en queue, holding a cane in his gloved hand; landscape background with a fortress on a mountain top
rectangular, 3¼ x 2 9/16 in. (83 x 66 mm.), later gilt-metal frame with pierced foliate surmount
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