Paintings

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Type: Paintings(Opens in new tab)
Date: n.d.
Accession number: 44.102
After: after Thomas Lawrence(Opens in new tab) (British, 1769–1830)
Dimensions: canvas: 35 7/8 × 28 in. (91.1 × 71.1 cm.) frame: 45 1/2 × 37 1/4 × 4 in. (115.6 × 94.6 × 10.2 cm.)
Medium: oil on canvas
Description: Standing half-length, nearly full face, in front of dark sky, with clouds at left. Dressed in military costume -- red coat decorated with gold buttons and braid at cuffs, high collar with white neck cloth. Clutching dark blue military coat over proper right shoulder with left hand. Dark hair cropped short, greying at temples.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Bequest of Florence M. Quinn
Department: European Art
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