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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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
after Robert Home
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1804
NPG 741
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Robert Home
oil on canvas, 1804
NPG 1471
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Juan Bauzil (or Bauziel)
watercolour, 1812-1816
NPG 308
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Thomas Heaphy
watercolour, 1813
NPG 4176
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Thomas Heaphy
watercolour, 1813
NPG 1914(17)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Thomas Heaphy
watercolour, 1813
NPG 1914(18)
The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
oil on canvas, 1820-1823
NPG 999
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
chalk on canvas, circa 1820
NPG 4670
Possibly Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir George Hayter
pencil and wash, circa 1820
NPG 2662(25)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Henry Pierce Bone, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
enamel on copper, 1845, based on a work exhibited in 1822
NPG 6297
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822
NPG 316a(127)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(128)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822
NPG 316a(129)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(130)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(131)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(132)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(133)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(134)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
pencil, 1822-1839
NPG 316a(136)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Sir Thomas Lawrence
oil on canvas, 1829
On display in Room 3 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7032
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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