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The Peninsular Wars and Waterloo portraits


26 People in group

William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford

William Carr Beresford, Viscount Beresford

1768-1854
General
Sitter in 16 portraits
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

1778-1868
Lord Chancellor
Sitter associated with 274 portraits
William Cobbett

William Cobbett

1763-1835
Journalist, agriculturalist and politician; MP for Oldham
Sitter associated with 57 portraits
Hannah More

Hannah More

1745-1833
Religious writer
Sitter in 11 portraits
Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoléon Bonaparte

1769-1821
Emperor of France 1804-14
Sitter associated with 89 portraits
FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan

FitzRoy James Henry Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan

1788-1855
Commander in the Crimea
Sitter in 15 portraits
Robert Southey

Robert Southey

1774-1843
Poet Laureate
Sitter in 18 portraits
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

1769-1852
Field Marshal and Prime Minister
Sitter associated with 620 portraits
Sir Charles Alten, Count von Alten

Sir Charles Alten, Count von Alten

1764-1840
Hanoverian general
Sitter in 3 portraits
Sir Edward Barnes

Sir Edward Barnes

1776-1838
Lieutenant-General
Sitter in 6 portraits
Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough

Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough

1758-1844
British peer; Lord of the Admiralty 1782-83
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir John Bowring

Sir John Bowring

1792-1872
Political economist, traveller and the 4th Governor of Hong Kong
Sitter in 18 portraits
Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Bt

Sir John Fox Burgoyne, 1st Bt

1782-1871
Military engineer
Sitter in 9 portraits
Sir Colin Campbell

Sir Colin Campbell

1776-1847
Army officer and colonial governor
Sitter in 4 portraits
Thomas Campbell

Thomas Campbell

1777-1844
Poet
Sitter in 20 portraits
Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere

Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere

1773-1865
Field Marshal
Sitter in 9 portraits
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill

Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill

1772-1842
General
Sitter in 25 portraits
Sir James McGrigor, 1st Bt

Sir James McGrigor, 1st Bt

1771-1858
Army surgeon
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir John Moore

Sir John Moore

1761-1809
Lieutenant-General; victor of Corunna
Sitter in 11 portraits
Sir Edward Michael Pakenham

Sir Edward Michael Pakenham

1778-1815
Major-General
Sitter in 3 portraits