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BERLIN. Hohenzollern Museum.
Upholstered furniture from the New Palace. — Room 32 contains
views of the chateau of Monbijou.
Room 33: Green Gallery. Busts of generals, statesmen, and
savants (comprising six after Rauch). Views of Old Berlin; table-
services; in the first cabinet, cups in memory of Queen Louise and
of the year 1813; in the fifth, specimens of a fine table-service of
Frederick the Great. Valuable collection of glass, including glasses
ridiculing Gundling, the court-jester, from the 'Tobacco Parliament'
(see below), and ruby-coloured glass made by Kunkel, the alchemist.
Room 34: Engravings. Frames with miniatures, including Fred¬
erick the Great (in 3, 4, and 5), Queen Luise (7), Bliicher and Schill (9).
Room 35: Frederick William I. (1688-1740). By the rear-
wall are portraits of the king's family, the chair in which he died,
and his turning-lathe. By the windows: arm-chair made for Peter
the Great; pulpit from Konigs-Wusterhausen (p. 202); specimens
of the king's handwriting; memorials of Lieutenant Katte, who was
executed in 1730 for complicity in Frederick the Great's attempted
flight (when crown-prince). In the centre are the table, chairs,
and pipes used at the 'Tobacco Parliaments'.
Rooms 36-38: Frederick I. (1657-1713) and Queen Sophia
Charlotte (1668-1705). — The ceiling of R. 36 is a reproduction
of a contemporaneous one in the Palace at Berlin; to the right,
portrait of the king, by Weidemann; in the glass-case to the left,
statuette of the Great Elector as Bellerophon. — R. 37. Portrait of
the queen, by Weidemann; her pianoforte; bust of the king (after
Schliiter); reliefs of the royal couple from Schliiter's sarcophagi
(p. 61). — R. 38, with Renaissance panelling, is a reproduction of
the room in the Palace of Kbnigsberg in which Frederick I. was
born. Wax figures of the King, the Great Elector, and Frederick
the Great.
Room 39: Frederick William, the Great Elector (1620-88).
Felt hat and iron helmet, worn by the Great Elector at the battle
of Fehrbellin; casque and boots. Tapestry representing the elector's
military achievements. Ivory ornaments of the latter half of the
17th century.
Room 41: The Early Electors. Triptych (1417) from the church
of Kadolzburg, with portraits of Elector Frederick I. and his wife;
vestment worn by Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg. By the window:
Model of the new castle of Hohenzollern.
Room 42: Large Saloon. By the rear-wall: Map of Berlin in
1685; views of old Berlin; casts from the tomb of John Cicero, by Peter
and Johannes Vischer (comp. p. 64). Paintings: Frederick Wil¬
liam III., and Frederick William IV. receiving homage, by Kriiger;
Queen Luise visiting an orphanage, by Schrader; Battle of Kbnig-
gratz, by Steffeck; Moltke's 90th Birthday, by A. von Werner.—
By the window are three colossal busts in plaster: Frederick the