FDA-P.374-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-P.374-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Half-length portrait of a man, in red military coat and cloak
Comments
Wellington was at Eton from 1781 to 1784.
Letter from Eton Provost Goodall to William Goodall, clergyman
Date: 2 February 1818
‘... When the Duke of Wellington came to Eton and was thanked for the promise of his picture, a copy of the portrait by Lawrence, he said he would not present a copy but sit for a new one.’
[Source: Eton College Archives, Ref.: COLL P 01 5 029]
Duke of Wellington to Thomas Lawrence, September 16th 1818:
‘My dear Sir Thomas, – I have received your letter of the 8th, and I now enclose one for the Provost of Eton, which I beg you will send him with the Picture’
[Source: ‘Sir Thomas Lawrence’s Letter-bag’, 1906, edited by George Sommes Layard, p.133]
Letter from Eton Provost Goodall to William Goodall, clergyman
Date: 2 February 1818
‘... When the Duke of Wellington came to Eton and was thanked for the promise of his picture, a copy of the portrait by Lawrence, he said he would not present a copy but sit for a new one.’
[Source: Eton College Archives, Ref.: COLL P 01 5 029]
Duke of Wellington to Thomas Lawrence, September 16th 1818:
‘My dear Sir Thomas, – I have received your letter of the 8th, and I now enclose one for the Provost of Eton, which I beg you will send him with the Picture’
[Source: ‘Sir Thomas Lawrence’s Letter-bag’, 1906, edited by George Sommes Layard, p.133]
Description
Content (person)
Dimensions
height (sight size): 890mm
width (sight size): 685mm
width (sight size): 685mm
Materials & techniques note
Oil on canvas
Physical description
Carved gilt frame
Production
Person
Lawrence, Thomas (Sir), 1769 - 1830 (Artist)
Date
c.1818
