Title

Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), 1816.Artist: T Wallis

Caption

Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), 1816. In 1814, Wellesley commanded the victorious British forces in the Peninsular War (for which he was promoted to Field Marshal and made a duke) and in 1815 he inflicted the final defeat on Napoleon at Waterloo. Christened the 'Iron Duke', Wellington served as Prime Minister from 1828 to 1830, but his intransigent opposition to parliamentary reform led to him being compelled to resign. His death was marked by a grand funeral and the honour of a burial in St Paul's Cathedral alongside the other great British military hero of the Napoeonic Wars, Nelson. From The History of the War, from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Present Time, volume I, by Hewson Clarke, published by T Kinnersley (London, 1816).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1816

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C33_105

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (5,7Mb) / 12,2in x 15,9in / 3661 x 4772 (300dpi)

Keywords

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