76 x 64 cm. (29.9 x 25.2 in.) The canvas is unlined. There are a number of small patches scattered over the back of the painting with corresponding retouching to the recto, most notably to the left of ...
THE DUKE: BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE & ACHIEVEMENTS OF ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1st DUKE OF WELLINGTON —Richard Aldington—Viking ($3.75). Among his other achievements the Duke of Wellington discovered the ...
A jaunty pair of slippers and a woolly night cap that were worn by the 1st Duke of Wellington are to go on display for the first time. He may be best known for military pomp, but Field Marshal Arthur ...
He was ‘the great World-victor’s victor’, a brilliant general, a bad marksman and a worse Prime Minister, but Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was also a sophisticated collector. As well as ...
The Duke of Wellington's legacy still towers over British history today. The hero of Waterloo, vanquisher of Napoleon – poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson hailed him as the 'last great Englishman'.
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The 8th Duke of Wellington, whose ancestor won the Battle of Waterloo, has died at the age of 99. Arthur Valerian Wellesley, who was also known as the Prince of Waterloo, died peacefully today at his ...