Title

'The Duke of Wellington', c1780-1830, (1909). Artist: William Say.

Caption

The Duke of Wellington', c1780-1830, (1909). After Thomas Phillips R. A. (1770-1845). Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman. Wellesley (1769-1852) commanded the victorious British forces in the Peninsular War, for which he was promoted to Field Marshal and made a duke. In 1815 he inflicted the final defeat on Napoleon at Waterloo. Christened the 'Iron Duke', Wellington served as Prime Minister in 1828-1830, 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 Napoleonic Wars, Nelson. From British Military Prints, by Ralph Nevill. [The Connoisseur, London, 1909]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1780

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C83_228

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

176,5Mb (7,7Mb) / 23,5in x 29,2in / 7038 x 8764 (300dpi)

Keywords

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