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The portrait was commissioned in 1840 by the 1st Marquess of Anglesey. The Duke was 'much flattered by [Lord Anglesey's] desire to possess a portrait of me, and you may rely upon every exertion on my part, that you should have the best that can be painted at present'. He wrote to the artist in December 1841: 'I beg you to recollect...how desirable it is to attend to the size of the head...the Head of those you have painted even that in the robes of the Chancellor of Oxford is too large; I always thought so; and you may rely upon it I am right'.
Title
Arthur Wellesley (1769–1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, KG
Date
1840–1842
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 244 x W 167.5 cm
Accession number
1175946
Acquisition method
on long-term loan, since 1976
Work type
Painting
National Trust, Plas Newydd
Llanfairpwll, Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn) LL61 6DQ Wales
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