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This photograph of the Duke of Wellington, known as a daguerreotype, is housed at Stratfield Saye, the Duke’s country house. The Duke was 75 when the image was taken in 1844 by Antoine Claudet, court photographer to Queen Victoria and Emperor Napoleon III. Claudet was a pupil of another Frenchman called Louis Daguerre who invented the first ...
22 de jan. de 2023 · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. by Juan Bauzil (or Bauziel) watercolour, 1812-1816. 13 in. x 9 3/4 in. (330 mm x 248 mm) Given by William Smith, 1870. Primary Collection.
Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) was born in Dublin in 1769 to an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. In 1781, aged 12, he was sent to school at Eton. But his father’s death that same year threw the family into financial turmoil. Arthur’s mother withdrew him from Eton to be schooled in Belgium and France.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. Gallery portraits. All known portraits. Biography and References. Most of the portraits of the Duke are at Apsley House, Stratfield Saye and Walmer Castle all of which are open to the public. The Iconography of the First Duke of Wellington by Lord Gerald ...
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30 de abr. de 2024 · Peninsular War. (Show more) Arthur Wellesley, 1st duke of Wellington (born May 1, 1769, Dublin, Ireland—died September 14, 1852, Walmer Castle, Kent, England) was an Irish-born commander of the British army during the Napoleonic Wars and later prime minister of Great Britain (1828–30). He first rose to military prominence in India, won ...
This triumphant portrait of the Duke of Wellington dominates the Waterloo Chamber. Lawrence was specially commissioned by George IV to paint a pantheon of military heroes, diplomats and powerful heads of state responsible for the defeat of Napoleon initially in 1814 and ultimately (after his escape from Elba) at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. These paintings were initially proposed ...
