Alexander I of Russia taking leave of Friedrich Wilhelm III and his wife, Luise von Mecklenburg-Strelitz, next to the tomb of Frederick the Great. Aquatint by J. Berka after S. Le Gros, 1806.

  • Le Gros, Sauveur,1754-1834.
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Abschied Alexander I Kaiser von Russland, von Friedrich Wilhelm III. und Louise, am Sarge Friedrichs des Grossen in der Garnison Kirche zu Potsdam, in der Nacht am 4ten November 1805. Le Gros del. Berka sc. 1806

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Gerhild H.M. Komander, Der Wandel des "Sehepuncktes": die Geschichte Brandenburg-Preussens in der Graphik von 1648-1810, Münster: Lit, [1995], p. 428, no. 566 (as after Sauveur Le Gros)
William Schupbach, 'Potsdam for piety, potatoes, pleasure and parades', Wellcome Library blog, 14 October 2013 https://wayback.archive-it.org/16107/20210313075424/http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2013/10/potsdam-for-piety-potatoes-pleasure-and-parades/

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