Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st The Duke of Wellingt

Field Marshal Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st The Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) as an old man surveying the battlefield of Waterloo, 1840 (c)Oil on canvas, after Benjamin Robert Haydon (1786-1846), 1840 (c).Full-length, back view, standing beside his horse, right hand holding the reins at the saddle.This probably represents an imaginary event, intended to be understood for the sentiment rather than as an actual record.Associated with Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo (1815). Oil on canvas

1769 1815 1852 Actual Haydon Imaginary Intended Rather Reins Represents Saddle Surveying Understood Waterloo Wellesley Wellington

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