Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm I, King of Prussia
Date
19th century
Sitter
King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm I (1688 - 1740)
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Antoine Pesne (1683 - 1757, French) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
Description
Full-length portrait of King Friedrich Wilhelm I, wearing a tricorn hat, a cuirass and military dress, with boots, spurs and a sword. His left hand rests on his hip, the right hand points with a baton.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.177 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text notes scientific and Royal signatories to the Charter Book: ‘richly illuminated are the signatures of Prince Albert, and the Kings of Prussia and Saxony…’
Inscription below: ‘FREDERICUS WILHELMUS. FROM AN ENGRAVING AFTER A. PESNE. LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, 193 PICCADILLY.’
Friedrich Wilhelm I (1688-1740) King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg, father of Frederick the Great.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.177 in volume 2 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text notes scientific and Royal signatories to the Charter Book: ‘richly illuminated are the signatures of Prince Albert, and the Kings of Prussia and Saxony…’
Inscription below: ‘FREDERICUS WILHELMUS. FROM AN ENGRAVING AFTER A. PESNE. LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, 193 PICCADILLY.’
Friedrich Wilhelm I (1688-1740) King of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg, father of Frederick the Great.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's 2 volume A history of the Royal Society... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
Associated place