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English School, circa 1812-13
Wellington's winter headquarters at Frenida
inscribed 'Frenida. The white house to the left of the church is / Lord Wellington's quarters. The Estrella [sic] mountains covered with snow / at a distance on the left. Muleteers coming / up along the road.' (upper right)
pencil and grey wash on paper, within a glazed mahogany box
7 x 10½ in. (17.7 x 26.7 cm.)

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From late November 1812, Wellington took his army to recuperate at Frenida, on the Portuguese frontier. He was quartered in the mayor's house, in a small square by the church. He crossed back into Spain in May 1813.
The village was described by Lord John Russell in his diary entry for 25 May 1813 as 'very poor' (he had travelled there in order to see his brother William, who at the time was serving on Wellington's staff).

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