Frederick II, The Great

Wedgwood, Wedgwood and Bentley period

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Seated Figure, Royal Prussian Iron Foundry, Gleiwitz, cast iron
Madonna della Sedia (Madonna of the Chair), Modeled by Leonhard Posch, Eisenguß auf Messing, After an engraving by Raphael Morghen, After the original tondo (1513/14) by Raphael, cast iron on brass
Small plain, round box of ivory with a portrait miniature of Madame Récamier (Juliette Récamier) after the painting by Jacques-Louis David, now in the Louvre, in gold mount.
Oval medallion with relief profile of Lord Samuel Hood (1724-1816), British Admiral, Born in Dorset, Entering the Navy in 1741; promoted post captain in 1759; commissioner of Portland dockyard 1778; served with Lord Rodney in the West Indies, 1780-1783, for which he was promoted commander-in-chief. In his actions in the West Indies against the French commander, de Grasse, Hood showed himself a masterly tactician. He stood for Parliament in 1784 against Fox for Westminster and was elected.