Dessert plate depicting Battle of Busaco 1810

APSLEY HOUSE, Hyde Park Corner, London. Item from the Wellington Museum depicting the Battle of Busaco, Portugal (1810). Part of a dinner service which was given as a gift from the King of Saxony to the Duke of Wellington in 1819. Dessert Plates of the Saxon Service show scenes of events in Wellington's life, in this case the Peninsular War. WM 1130-1948

1810 1819 Apsley Artefact Busaco Dessert Item Peninsular Photographics Saxon Wellington

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