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A Carrara marble portrait bust of the Duke of Wellington by Sir Francis Chantrey. Wellington turns to the left and wears a cloak draped around his left shoulder.

National Trust, Belton House

Grantham

Title

Arthur Wellesley (1769–1852), 1st Duke of Wellington

Date

1838

Medium

Carrara marble

Measurements

H 77 x W 58 x D 24 cm

Accession number

436767

Work type

Bust

Signature/marks description

CHANTREY, SC: 1838

Inscription description

Dux de Wellington bello invictus nec pace minor animi indole et nobilitate vir si ouis alius caeteris Praestantior socius hisce aedibus hospitio gaudens carissimus.

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