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  • Abramson, Abraham, 1754-1811, artist

    • Title

  • Medal: Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm III; 1798 Commemorative Coin

  • Physical Description

    1 medal : silver ; 1.3" diameter., 3.3 cm diameter

  • Date

    1798

  • Summary

    Recto: Profile portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm III in a military jacket, facing left. Around the edge of the medal is the text, "FRIED. WILHELM III KOENIG VON PREUSSEN' Verso: Image of a man facing left with fabric draped around him, holding scales in one hand and a large staff-like object in the other. By his feet is a bird with its wings spread. At the bottom is inscribed, "HULDIGUNG 1798." Around the upper edge of the medal is the text, "DURCH GERECHTIGKEIT BEGLÜCKEND"

  • Depicted

    Frederick William, III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840

  • Subject

    Jewish medalists; Jewish minters

  • Genre

    Portraits; Commemorative medals

  • Medium

    Medals; Numismatics

  • Part Of

    Jacob Abraham and Abraham Abramson Collection, AR 11970

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Biographical/Historical Information

Friedrich Wilhelm III (1770-1840) was King of Prussia from 1797 until his death, a period that encapsulated the Napoleanic Wars.

Abraham Abramson (1754-1811) was the son of Jacob Abraham, a medallist and minter. Abramson was an apprentice to his father beginning at the age of seventeen. He was appointed a royal medallist in 1781, and in 1792, became a member of the Preussische Akademie der Kuenste, Berlin.

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Abramson, Abraham: Medal: Portrait of Friedrich Wilhelm III; 1798 Commemorative Coin, Leo Baeck Institute, 2024.111.