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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), full face in blue cloak, brown coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, wearing the ribbon and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece
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HENRY PIERCE BONE (1779-1855)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), full face in blue cloak, brown coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, wearing the ribbon and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece
signed, inscribed and dated on the counter-enamel 'The Duke of Wellington K.G. London March 1842. Painted by Henry Pierce Bone Enamel Painter to her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince Albert the Queen Dowager & H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent. From the Original by Sir T. Lawrence, in the Possession of the Rt Hon.ble C. Arbuthnot.' and inverted initials 'P.M./B'
enamel on copper
rectangular, 5¾ x 4¾ in. (147 x 122 mm.), gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), full face in blue cloak, brown coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, wearing the ribbon and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece
signed, inscribed and dated on the counter-enamel 'The Duke of Wellington K.G. London March 1842. Painted by Henry Pierce Bone Enamel Painter to her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince Albert the Queen Dowager & H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent. From the Original by Sir T. Lawrence, in the Possession of the R
enamel on copper
rectangular, 5¾ x 4¾ in. (147 x 122 mm.), gilt-metal frame with glazed reverse
Provenance
Francis Chalmers, Edinburgh; (+) Sotheby's, London, 29 January 1946, lot 13.
Exhibited
Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolours, 1943.
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