Prussia._
[Born 1782. Died 1853. Aged 71.]
Director in Berlin of the Government department of trade, commerce, and
buildings, and head of the Great Industrial Society of Prussia. In his
public service he endeavoured to advance the principles of Free-trade,
and always acted upon the idea that the regulative intervention of
government in matters of commerce should be restricted to cases of
general danger. He established many useful institutions in connexion
with his department, and caused the issue of several works of
instruction for industrial schools and for artisans. He also introduced
into Prussia valuable improvements in manufactures, brought home by
himself from the United States, England, and France, into which
countries he had travelled. An active promoter of enlightened industry.
[By F. Tieck. 1847. Modelled for a large gold medal struck by the
Great Society for the Encouragement of Industry in Berlin, and
presented to Mr. Beuth.]