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 Unknown artist
hand-coloured etching, circa 1818-1822
NPG D48668
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('The Master General of the Ordinance')
by and published by Richard Dighton
hand-coloured etching, published August 1818
NPG D13354
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('The Master General of the Ordinance')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
etching, published August 1818
NPG D13507
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by William Bromley, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
line engraving, published 1818 (1814)
NPG D13778
![Poor Bull & his Burden or the Political Murraion [Murrain], by George Cruikshank, published by Thomas Tegg - NPG D46029](https://collectionimages.npg.org.uk/std/mw262995/Poor-Bull--his-Burden-or-the-Political-Murraion-Murrain.jpg)
Poor Bull & his Burden or the Political Murraion [Murrain]
by George Cruikshank, published by Thomas Tegg
hand-coloured etching, published 15 December 1819
NPG D46029
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('The Master General of the Ordinance')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published August 1819
NPG D4720
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('The Master General of the Ordinance')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
hand-coloured etching, published August 1818
NPG D4721
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ('The Master General of the Ordinance')
by and published by Richard Dighton, reissued by Thomas McLean
etching, published August 1819
NPG D4722
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
after Sir Thomas Lawrence
mezzotint, (1820)
NPG D37606
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by and published by Thomas Stothard, printed by McQueen & Co
etching, published 1 September 1820
NPG D37611
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by and published by Thomas Stothard, printed by McQueen & Co
etching, published 1 September 1820
NPG D37612
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by and published by Thomas Stothard, printed by McQueen & Co
etching, published 1 September 1820
NPG D37613
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by and published by Thomas Stothard, printed by McQueen & Co
etching, published 1 September 1820
NPG D37614
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by and published by Thomas Stothard, printed by McQueen & Co
etching, published 1 September 1820
NPG D37615
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and King George III ('Shield of Wellington: centre piece')
by and published by Thomas Stothard
etching, published 1820
NPG D37616
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Unknown artist
pressed paper medallion, circa 1820s-1830s
NPG D40301
Characters in the New Piece Now Performing at the Theatre Royal Cotten Garden 1820
published by John Marshall Jr
hand-coloured etching, published 6 November 1820
NPG D46025a
The Milan Garland or Revels round the Vice Post
by Charles Williams, published by John Johnston
hand-coloured etching, published July 1820
NPG D46028
The Broken Crown or, The Disasters of a Green-Bag Chief!!!
by (Isaac) Robert Cruikshank, published by Orlando Hodgson
hand-coloured etching and letterpress, circa November-December 1820
NPG D46037
All a Bottle of Smoke!! or John Bull and the Secret Committee
published by John Fairburn
hand-coloured etching, published July 1820
NPG D46058
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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