Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Name
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Description
The Duke is standing, half-length, wearing his Field Marshal's uniform, including the Garter star and sash, the badge of the Golden Fleece, and a special badge ordered by the Prince Regent to be worn by Knights Grand Cross of the Military Division of the Order of the Bath who were also Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter.
Types
Artist
Category
Collection
Copyright
Public domain
Cover
Inventory number
WM 1567–1948
Location
Medium
Movement
Provenance
Bequeathed by Marianne, Marchioness Wellesley née Caton to the 2nd Duke of Wellington, 1853, it subsequently hung at Stratfield Saye and was therefore not included in the Wellington Catalogue.
Size of the artwork
91.5 x 71 cm
Statement
Sir Thomas Lawrence painted seven oil portraits of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington. The two men were the same age, and although Wellington disliked sitting for portraits, he sat for Lawrence on several occasions. Lawrence's two earliest portraits of the Duke, both full-length, were painted in 1814. One of these portraits is owned by the Marquess of Londonderry and is on loan to Apsley House, the Duke's former residence in London. Other portrait is owned by the Queen and is displayed in the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle.
Year
1814