Portrait of Friedrich III., King of Prussia and German Emperor (1813-1888)

Portrait of Friedrich III.King of Prussia. In this paper, Crown Prince and King Frederick III are shown. His chest pattern is slightly pointed to the right and his gaze rests outside the right leaf margin. He has short hair and a whole beard. His clothes consist of a military uniform with many orders on his chest and collar. The effigy is framed rectangular. Friedrich III entered military service in 1849. His career was interrupted due to a study in Bonn at the University of Friedrich Wilhelm. There he dealt with law, history and politics. He graduated in 1852. A year earlier he met Princess Victoria during a visit to the first world exhibition in London, which he married in 1858 in the chapel of St James' s Palace in London. The Crown Prince did not agree with his father’s government business and had to be patient. He went to the Prussian-Austrian and German-French wars. In 1887 he suffered from cancer, which he had operated on, but which caused him to be silent. A short time later his father died and he became king of Prussia and German emperor in 1888. Due to his illness he died three months later and went into history as a “99-day emperor.” Under the effigy there is the indication that the steel engraving was made after a photograph. This could not be found so far. It could perhaps be Russian photographer Sergey Lvovich Levitsky (1819-1898), who photographed the Crown Prince in 1870, in the way the present paper shows. As a stecher, the British William Holl d.J. (1807-1871) is now in question. The author will probably be William Mackenzie, who was also British, an activity can be proven from 1854-1855. Signature: Engraved by W. Holl, from a Photograph. William Mackenzie, London, Edinburgh & Glasgow. Caption: CROWN PRINCE OF PRUSSIA. (Stiftung Händel-Haus Halle Foundation)