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
by Edward Morton, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co
lithograph, published 18 November 1852
NPG D48186
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by Louise Corbaux, printed and published by Stannard & Dixon
lithograph, published 16 September 1852
NPG D48864
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
after Unknown artist
lithograph, published 1852
NPG D4729
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by George Henry Phillips, after John Simpson
mezzotint, published 1852 (1836)
NPG D13776
The Funeral Procession of Arthur, Duke of Wellington
by Samuel Henry Gordon Alken, and by George Augustus Sala, published by Ackermann & Co
hand coloured etching and aquatint, 1 March 1853
NPG D42981
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by T.H. Ellis, after F. Shephard
line engraving, published 1853
NPG D4730
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by George Baxter
Baxter print, published 1853
NPG D7599
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by George Baxter
Baxter print, published 1853
NPG D7600
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by George Baxter
Baxter print, published 1853
NPG D7601
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by George Thomas Payne, published by Henry Graves & Co, published by John Finlay
mezzotint, published 20 November 1854
NPG D37609
by James Scott, after Sir George Hayter
mezzotint, published 1854
NPG D13760
The late Field Marshals of England; Wellington & Lord Raglan, crossing the Pyrenees, 1813
by William Greatbach, by Robert Wallis, after Thomas Jones Barker
line engraving, published 1858 (originally published 1856)
NPG D13774
Sir Thomas Lawrence; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (on reverse)
by George Gammon Adams, after Edward Hodges Baily, and after Sir Thomas Lawrence
bronze medal, 1860
NPG D2921
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by William Henry Mote, published by Ackermann & Co, after John Hayter
stipple engraving, published 18 June 1868
NPG D37607
after Unknown artist
embossed chromolithographic 'scrap', late 19th century
NPG D42971
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
published by The Medici Society Ltd, after Francisco de Goya
chromolithograph, published 1915 (1812-1814)
NPG D37581
after Thomas Heaphy
tracing, before 1960
NPG D42615
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington at Windsor Caslte
by Unknown artist
hand-coloured lithograph
NPG D37622
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
after Unknown artist
etching, published 1815
NPG D9974
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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