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Clausewitzian "Trinity" demonstration device.
The "Trinity" is a key concept in Clausewitzian theory, which Clausewitz illustrated by referring to this scientific device. You can obtain the ROMP (Randomly Oscillating Magnetic Pendulum) from science toy stores for about $15. Here's a link to Amazon.com, one dealer who advertises the device.
Most of the images of books appearing on Clausewitz.com webpages, especially those appearing in the Clausewitz Bookstore, are from Amazon.com.
CLAUSEWITZ PORTRAITS
There are basically two known portraits of Clausewitz, probably only one from life, with a large number of variations. The first is a portrait of Clausewitz in Russian uniform, made c.1813. These below are the best images of it we can find (though neither appears to be the full painting). The image at the right (below) is an enhanced version of a picture from ASMZ [Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitschrift] a Swiss military publication. ASMZ attributes the image to Hahlweg Werner, Klassiker der Kriegskunst (Darmstadt 1960), p.256. The location of the original portrait, originally in the possession of the Clausewitz family, is unknown to us, though there is a copy at the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr. The left-hand image is from an unknown source.
The painting on the wall is a copy of the lost portrait showing Clausewitz in a Russian lieutenant-colonel's uniform. This copy was given to GeneralMajor Beck, commandant of the Führungsakademie of the German Bundeswehr, when he visited the Russian Military Academy in 2005.
The second portrait of Clausewitz is the original full-color portrait by Wilhelm Wach, painted—allegedly—in 1830. It appears in many forms and derivative images. The painting itself is very small, 26x21 cm. One of the pictures below may be of the original painting. Black and white images are often either from B&W photos of the original painting or of various copies of the b&w or the color lithograph, prints of which vary widely in quality. Also, numerous drawings and posterizations have been made based on these basic images.
This image on the left is copyrighted by the owners, who prefer to remain anonymous. If you wish to use this image, on the web or in print (we have a higher-resolution version), you must request permission through The Clausewitz Homepage (click HERE). We will convey your request to the owners.
A very slick new version. This painting is a recent copy based on the Wach portrait, which was lost during World War 2. It was commissioned by the Clausewitz Gesellschaft in 1999 and presented to the Führungsakademie of the German Bundeswehr in Hamburg in that year. We took this file from http://www.cominganarchy.com/archives/2005/11/16/god-of-war/
This black & white detail immediately above, allegedly from the lithograph done afterWach's painting by Franz Michelis the younger, is quite different from the color litho—but it appears to be yet another distinct work. Each print is unique, and there appears to be a great deal of variation among them.
Below (left) is a watercolor, drawn from some version of Wach's portrait, widely used in French treatments of Clausewitz. (See more variations below.)
The portrait seen in the block to the right is a detail from the painting "Die Tafelrunde" by Josef Schneider, which shows Clausewitz drinking with some prominent comrades in Mainz in 1815. It is displayed on the Clausewitz Homepage by courtesy of the Headquarters of the German Army Forces Command, Koblenz (HQ GARFCOM). They hold the copyright and have been known to supply high-quality photographs of it to facilitate high-quality print reproduction.
A fellow named Oliver Schmidt tells us that the painting was made in 1966, a gift from the municipality to the Bundeswehr corps command in Koblenz, in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the existence of an army corps headquarters in the town. The painter, Josef Schneider, was living in the village Emmelshausen (25 km south of Koblenz) and got 3500 DM for his work. Schmidt cites Rüdiger Wischemann, "Die 'Tafelrunde im von-der-Leyenschen Hof': ein Koblenzer Tafelbild von Josef Schneider, Emmelshausen." Berlin: dissertation.de, 2003, ISBN: 3898257576.
Here's a thumbnail of the whole painting.
For a list of who's who in this painting, click this image.
Here's a detail of the main group.
The Schneider portrait of Clausewitz is a mirror image of the Wach/Michelis image.
Clausewitz in 1815
A friendly caricature, by David Levine in the New York Review of Books, 14 OCT 1976. (Prints available from NYRB. Click image for link.)
Small (16 x 20-inch) poster.
Available from CafePress.
Large (23 x 35-inch) poster.
Available from CafePress.
Clausewitz.com can also provide these images as high-quality files for printing (without the lettering).
AKG (see contact info below) can provide either transparency, print or high-res scan (356 DPI, opens as 25 megabites, jpeg not tiff format) of the color lithograph portrait in either color or black & white. Charges will depend on your intended use, number of copies to be reproduced, etc. These images are thumbnails.
If you are outside the UK, Ireland, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand or Hong Kong, please contact the Berlin office: Archiv fur Kunst und Geschichte
Teutonenstrasse 22
14129 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 30 80485200 Fax: +49 (0) 30 80485500
If you are in France, please contact the Paris office: AKG Phototheque
67 Rue Notre-Dame des Champs
75006 Paris
France
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This image (above) is copyrighted by the owners, who prefer to remain anonymous. If you wish to use this image, on the web or in print (we have a higher-resolution version), you must request permission through The Clausewitz Homepage (click HERE).
SCULPTURE
There are original bronze busts of Clausewitz (some quite different from one another) at the German Army's War College; the U.S. National War College in Washington, DC (which is the one shown above, done c.2000 in Hamburg by an artist named Büsching, based on the Bundeswehr's version); and the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA.
The original bust in the Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr in Hamburg, Germany. Click for larger image.
Here's a bust shown on the Clausewitz Gessellschaft's website. In 1989, at what is now the Carl von Clausewitz Kaserne in Burg, the East German Volksarmee unveiled this bronze bust.
A smaller, U.S.-made bust is available to buyers HERE.
And here's one available for sale from Historia Souvenir, in Leipzig, Germany.
(The bust, c.60mm high, is described here.)
Also from the Clausewitz Gessellschaft, the "Ehrenmedaille General Carl von Clausewitz" for outstanding achievement at the German war college.
OTHER IMAGES
Clausewitz's house in Magdeburg
Color Photo.
Before restoration.
Watercolor.
Nazi Propaganda Poster The Nazi Party's Central Propaganda Office (the Reichspropagandaleitung ) produced a weekly poster with a quotation that could be displayed in party offices, public buildings, etc."The time is yours. What happens with it depends on you. Clausewitz." (#37 for 8-14 September 1940).SOURCE
Clausewitz and Sun Tzu
Variations on Clausewitz's portraits
Postage Stamps
A child's drawing.
Jomini and Clausewitz
(Click here for more images of Jomini.)
By Anselm Kiefer, c.1982/87. Woodcuts and acrylic on cut and pasted papers
125 3/8 x 151 3/4 in. (317.8 x 385.4 cm)
This painting shows Clausewitz
in a Russian general's uniform
(though Clausewitz was never a
Russian general). It appears to be
(rather poorly) based on the
Wach portrait, which was lost
during World War 2. We do not
know the location of this painting.
French versions (above and below).
A Chinese version.
A Russian version.
Clausewitz's tomb.
Note the correct spelling of his name (Carl Philipp Gottfried von Clausewitz).
Clausewitz in 1815
