Fig. 3 Figures in chains on the plinth of the equestrian statue Memorials and the meaning assigned to them Under Elector Frederick William, Brandenburg constructed Fort Gross Friedrichsburg on the Gold Coast in present-day Ghana. After the establishment of the Brandenburg-African Company (BAC) in 1682, the fort enabled Prussia to extract gold, ivory, and—most notably—slaves. As a stark reminder of Prussian colonial history, Charlottenburg’s equestrian statue only commemorates part of this historical narrative on site. Realisation: Andreas Schlüter (sculptor), Johann Jacobi (caster), Gottlieb Herfert (sculptor), Johann Samuel Nahl (sculptor), Cornelius Heintzy (sculptor), Johann Hermann Backer (sculptor), 1703–1709, bronze Provenance: equestrian statue placed on the ‘Lange Brücke’ in 1703; dedication on the birthday of King Friedrich I; 1708–1709, the figures, the side reliefs and the inscription plate are added to the plinth; 1943 relocation to Ketzin due to the war; 1947–1948 sunk in Lake Tegel; 1951 placed in the Court of Honour of Charlottenburg Palace; 1952 plinth is added.
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