Friedrieh Drake, a German sculptor, born in Pyrmont, June 23, 1805. He began life as a mechanic, and struggled against poverty until at length his talent was recognized and developed by Rauch. His first work, representing a madonna, was purchased by the empress of Russia. His busts of his teacher, of Schin-kel, and of the Humboldts made his reputation; and he eventually became a member and professor of the academy of Berlin. In 1836 he produced a bust for the Moser monument at Osnabruck, and in 1844 he completed a colossal group allegorically representing the eight provinces of Prussia, for the royal palace. Among his subsequent works are two large marble statues of Frederick William III., one in Stettin (1845), and the other in the Thiergarten of Berlin (1850); Oken's bust, aud the statue of the elector John Frederick, in Jena (1858); one of Prince Malte-Putbus, in Rugen (1859); one of Melanchthon, in Wittenberg; the colossal equestrian statue of Frederick William III., in Cologne (1864); and the statue of Schinkel, in Berlin (1869).