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Há 4 dias · This is a portrait of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, one of the leading military and political figures in nineteenth-century Britain, who served twice as Prime Minister. In 1808, the French army invaded Spain and installed a new king: Joseph I, brother of the French emperor Napoleon.
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.
Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, who at various times held the offices of Field Marshal, British Ambassador to France and Prime Minister of Great Britain, probably still...
A half-length was painted for Lord Normanton with sittings in 1837 (Wellesley and Steegman, Iconography of the 1st Duke of Wellington, 1935, pp 46-7). A different type, whole-length in Court dress, arms folded, Tower of London in background, is known from a mixed engraving by H. Cousins published T. Boys (example in British Museum).
In this three-quarter length portrait, Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, is shown in a black frock coat, with arms folded over his chest.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 644 portraits. The most famous soldier and statesman of his day, Wellington's early victories were in India and the Spanish Peninsula.
This print shows the Duke of Wellington in court dress and wearing the Golden Fleece and the Ribbon and Star of the Knight’s Garter. It is engraved from a portrait by Henry Weigall junior.
