Portrait Study of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

• Portrait Study of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
• Portrait of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)

SK-A-4689

signature and date: ‘J.W. Pieneman fecit 1821, Apsley House London’

After Pieneman had approached Wellington with a sketch for The Battle of Waterloo, he was granted permission to paint the protagonists from life. He spent much of 1821 and 1822 in London, as Wellington’s guest. During his time in the English capital the Duke himself and a number of British officers posed for him. Wellington hung the portraits in his London home, Apsley House, on the edge of Hyde Park, which is now open to the public.

painter: Jan Willem Pieneman, London

1821

olieverf op doek

• height 76 cm x width 63.5 cm
• depth 12 cm

purchase 1976-11-19

Public domain

? From the artist to Richard Le Poer Trench (1767-1837) the 2nd Earl of Clancarty, Kinnegad, 1821;{According to the catalogue for the sale, Lord Belper et al., London (Christie´s), 19 November 1976, p. 18, no.38.} by descent through the family to Greville Sydney Rochfort Le Poer Trench (1902-75) the 7th Earl of Clancarty;{Note RMA.} sale, Lord Belper et al.[section the 7th Earl of Clancarty, decd.], London (Christie´s), 19 November 1976, no. 39, £900, to the museum

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