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

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Ministry of Defence, Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich

Francesco Bartolozzi was born in Italy. He became a pupil of the German painter and printmaker Joseph Wagner, then based in Venice. In 1764, he was invited to England by Frederick Augusta Barnard, King George III's Librarian. Although best known for copying Old Master drawings in the stipple technique (such as his reproductions of Guercino’s drawings in the Royal Collection), Bartolozzi also engraved plates after contemporary artists (notably Giovanni Battista Cipriani and Angelica Kauffmann). He set up a studio in London, which produced large numbers of ‘furniture prints’ (generally set within a roundel or oval and intended for framing). In 1802 he left England to become Director of the Lisbon Academy in Portugal.

People

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

Places

Subjects

male portrait, seascape/coastal scene, 19th century costume, coat of arms, Duke, sword, field marshal, balcony, curtain, chair, table (as Subject)

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

Domenico Pellegrini (1759 - 1840)
Francesco Bartolozzi (1727 - 1815)

Title

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

Date

originally painted 1810

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Presented by the 7th Duke of Wellington, 1952

Provenance

Collection of Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington (1885-1972); by whom presented to the Ministry of Works in 1952

GAC number

3406