Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
(1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime MinisterRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 640 portraits
The most famous soldier and statesman of his day, Wellington's early victories were in India and the Spanish Peninsula. In 1815, he was hailed as the man who achieved peace in Europe when he led the campaign to defeat Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. He later became leader of the Tory party and, as Prime Minister, from 1828-1830, he carried an important, if controversial, act that allowed Catholic emancipation in Britain. However, he was vigorously opposed to the recasting of electoral boroughs that led to the reform of the House of Commons and the slow spread of democracy. This resistance ended in the fall of the Tories and made way for Earl Grey's Whig government that eventually passed the Reform Bill in 1832.
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by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 February 1830
NPG D40987
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 3 March 1830
NPG D40989
A Pair of Very Riotous Fellows alias Radicals of the New School
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, circa March 1830
NPG D40991
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('A Nocturnal Reverie')
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 20 March 1830
NPG D40992
Auction Extraordinary, that is to say, an Extraordinary Auction
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 23 March 1830
NPG D40993
A Touch of the Palpable Obscure
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 31 March 1830
NPG D40994
A Hint to Duellists (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington; Sir John Bayley, 1st Bt)
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 13 April 1830
NPG D40996
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 24 May 1830
NPG D40998
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 1 June 1830
NPG D41001
San Leopoldo Matamoros or The Princess Charlotte's Own, charging the Holy Alliance
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 3 June 1830
NPG D41002
The Magic Mirror or a Peep into Futurity
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 8 June 1830
NPG D41003
Scene from a Suppressed Tragedy entitled The Turco Greek Conspiracy
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 18 June 1830
NPG D41004
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 30 June 1830
NPG D41005
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 17 July 1830
NPG D41007
A Detected Trespasser (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 22 July 1830
NPG D41009
Anticipation or Queen Sarah's Visit to Bushy (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington)
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 17 July 1830
NPG D41010
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 August 1830
NPG D41012
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 12 March 1830
NPG D41013
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 September 1830
NPG D41017
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 25 September 1830
NPG D41019
Related People
- Mary Sarah (née Wellesley), Countess Cadogan (niece)
- Henry Richard Charles Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley (nephew)
- Hyacinthe Mary Littleton (née Wellesley), Lady Hatherton (niece)
- Anne Wellesley (née Hill), Countess of Mornington (mother)
- William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington (brother)
- William Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley, 4th Earl of Mornington (nephew)
- Richard Colley Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Baron Mornington (grandfather)
- Lady Mary Angela Scott (née Wellesley) (granddaughter)
- Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (brother)
- Hon. Gerald Valerian Wellesley (nephew)
- Henry Wellesley (nephew)
- Richard Wellesley (nephew)
- Arthur Richard Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (son)
- Henry Wellesley, 3rd Duke of Wellington (grandson)
- Arthur Charles Wellesley, 4th Duke of Wellington (grandson)
- Priscilla Anne Fane (née Wellesley-Pole), Countess of Westmorland (niece)
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