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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister

Sitter associated with 340 portraits
A soldier and statesman, Wellington's early victories were in India and the Spanish Peninsula. In 1815, he was hailed as the man who finally achieved the peace of nations when he led the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. He later entered Parliament, where he was a bastion of ultra-Tory values against the forces of liberal change. He was Prime Minister between 1828 and 1830 and again in 1834.

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741

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

after Robert Home
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1804
NPG 741

1471

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Robert Home
oil on canvas, 1804
On display at Schallaburg, Austria in the exhibition 'India of the Maharajas'
NPG 1471

308

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Juan Bauzil (or Bauziel)
watercolour, 1812-1816
NPG 308

4176

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Thomas Heaphy
watercolour, 1813
NPG 4176

1914(17)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Thomas Heaphy
watercolour, 1813
NPG 1914(17)

1914(18)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Thomas Heaphy
watercolour, 1813
NPG 1914(18)

999

The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820

by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
On display in Room 17 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 999

4670

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir Thomas Lawrence
chalk on canvas, circa 1820
NPG 4670

2662(25)

Possibly Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir George Hayter
pencil and wash, circa 1820
NPG 2662(25)

6297

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Henry Pierce Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
enamel on copper, 1845 (exhibited 1822)
On display in Room 19 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6297

316a(127)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822
NPG 316a(127)

316a(128)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(128)

316a(129)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822
NPG 316a(129)

316a(130)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(130)

316a(131)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(131)

316a(132)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(132)

316a(133)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(133)

316a(134)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(134)

316a(136)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(136)

1614

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

by John Jackson
oil on canvas, 1830-1831
NPG 1614

Related People
Anne Wellesley (née Hill), Countess of Mornington
Richard Wesley (or Wellesley, formerly Colley), 1st Baron Mornington
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Duke of Wellington's Regimental Museum, Halifax
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