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, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 4 October 1830
NPG D41020
by John ('HB') Doyle, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 5 November 1830
NPG D41022
Guy Fawkes or The Anniversary of the Popish Plot
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 November 1830
NPG D41023
The False Alarm: or Much ado about nothing
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 16 November 1830
NPG D41024
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 26 November 1830
NPG D41028
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('The Lord Chancellor. wot is to be')
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 12 December 1830
NPG D41033
by John ('HB') Doyle, printed by Charles Etienne Pierre Motte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 31 December 1830
NPG D41037
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('A Celebrated Commander on the retir'd list')
published by John Bruce
aquatint, circa November 1830
NPG D43033
A Voice from Paris - or broad hints to Deaf & Blind Rulers!!!
by Henry Heath, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 1830
NPG D46034
Long Expected Come at Last. Or the only Besom of Reform
by Henry Heath, published by Samuel William Fores
hand-coloured etching, published 1830
NPG D46035
Detection. A Scene in the West
by John Phillips, published by E. King
hand-coloured etching, published 22 November 1830
NPG D46042
by John Phillips, published by S. Gans
hand-coloured etching, published 16 February 1830
NPG D46043
by John Phillips, published by S. Gans
hand-coloured etching, published 25 February 1830
NPG D46046
The Great Dictator and his Mighty Councillor, the Donkey Mare
after John Phillips
hand-coloured etching, circa 1830
NPG D46047
State Servants Making Hay while the Sun Shines; on the Royal Farm
by H.H.R., published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured lithograph, published 27 July 1830
NPG D46060
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('Lazarus and the Rich Man')
published by S. Gans
hand-coloured etching, published 1830
NPG D46064
Do Mischief in Haste and Repent at Leisure
published by Orlando Hodgson
hand-coloured lithograph, 1830 or after
NPG D48796
published by Orlando Hodgson
hand-coloured lithograph, circa 1830
NPG D48797
published by Orlando Hodgson
hand-coloured lithograph, November 1830 or after
NPG D48798
The Siamese Youths - Our Own Youths
by William Heath, published by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published 1 January 1830
NPG D48799
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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