Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Herzog von Braunschweig

 

Franz Karl Tielker

 

c. 1800  

mezzotint 

12 3/8 x 9 7/8" image size; 15-1/8" full platemark length 

name engraved beneath image, "F.C. Tielker, sculp." 

not stated 

title engraved beneath image 

 

antique-white wove 

published 

artist 

22093 

$200.00 

There is little information on the artist Franz Karl Tielker. He was trained as a painter and printmaker, executing several prints after major portraitists. This portrait was done after the painting by Johann Heinrich Schroder created ca. 1795. Carl (Karl) Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (German: 1735 - 1806) was a military leader and the ruler of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. His leadership stance as a "benevolent despot" who enacted economic reform to restore the state's finances, as well as his military prowess, made him a respected ruler. He was a decorated Field Marshall in the Prussian Army and was widely celebrated by Britain for his allyship during the Seven Years War. There are several versions of this particular portrait, including an oval miniature that accompenies another of his wife, Princess Augusta of Great Britian.