Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
after Robert Home
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, 1804
3 3/8 in. x 2 5/8 in. (86 mm x 67 mm)
Given by Edward Cock, 1885
Primary Collection
NPG 741
Sitterback to top
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Field Marshal and Prime Minister. Sitter associated with 640 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Robert Home (1752-1834), Portrait painter. Artist or producer associated with 18 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Cox, Paul, Wellington: Triumphs, Politics and Passions, 2015 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 12 March - 7 June 2015), p. 114
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 650
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 525
Events of 1804back to top
Current affairs
William Pitt returns to office and forms a second coalition administration, retaining many of those who had served under his predecessor Henry Addington but specifically excluding his arch rival Charles James Fox .Art and science
William Blake starts writing Jerusalem. One of his most ambitious allegorical poems, it took nearly eight years to complete.Amidst infighting about submissions to the annual exhibition, attempts are made to unseat painter Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy and elect architect James Wyatt instead.
International
Napoleon declares himself Emperor of France and is crowned as Napoleon I by Pope Pius VII in Paris.Haiti achieves independence led by Toussaint L'Ouverture, the patriot and martyr who had seized control from the French in 1801. He becomes a symbolic figure of freedom for the British anti-slavery movement.
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