2-702-513 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Friedrich II., Der Grosse', (1933). Portrait of King Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786) on horseback. Known as Frederick the Great, his significant accomplishments include military victories, reorganization of the Prussian armies, patronage of the arts and the Enlightenment, and success in the Seven Years' War. After a miniature by Daniel Chodowiecki. From "Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte", a book of cigarette-card portrait miniatures of figures in world history from the last four hundred years. [Germany, 1933]