Death of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, 1785. The king expires in an armchair in his study at Sanssouci surrounded by servants with candles. His nephew Frederick William II removes a sash from one of the king's male coterie. Friedrichs des Einzigen Todt. Copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from 12 Blätter Darstellungen aus der neuen Geschichte, 12 Pictures Illustrating Modern History, Germany, 1789.

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