Oil Painting Duke of Wellington Surveying Field Waterloo Attributed Benjamin Robert Haydon

Large historic British Fine Art 19th Century oil painting military portrait Field Marshal Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley Surveying Belgium Battle Site of Waterloo with Horse, attributed to Benjamin Robert Haydon. Impress your clients & guests with this significant British commander Wellington's reflection of his great battle Victory against Napoleon masterpiece to display on your office or home wall space. Title:- “The Duke Of Wellington Surveying The Field Of Waterloo Battle Site with His Purebred Arabian Stallion White Horse Quiet Contemplation” Subject:- portrait of the known British military leader Field Marshal Duke of Wellington Arthur Wellesley who is shown in full length profile rear side view, he is standing on top of the hill overlooking the open battlefield landscape historical site, towards the distant far left in his quiet contemplation mood as he reflects on his victory years earlier, with period country building seen lower down, in the distance towards the centre is the tall round Lions mound monument, which was believed have been the spot where the Prince of Orange was shot and wounded during the battle. Further over to the left another monument with a hand rail around it can be viewed. Wellington is wearing his military dress uniform & his holding his bicorn hat in his left hand, whilst cluthing the reigns of his white purebred Arabian stallion horse, he is wearing his sabre sword. His horse with saddle, with low grass around & above sunset seen in the sky. Unsigned British school attributed to Benjamin Robert Haydon. Circa 1840s, mid 19th century early Victorian era. Origin from the United Kingdom. Medium oil on canvas Frame is an impressive size being 95 cm wide and 81 cm high. Set in the original traditional gilt frame which enhances this artwork. Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish military officer and statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures in Britain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, serving twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He is among the commanders who ended the Anglo-Mysore Wars when Tipu Sultan was killed in the fourth war in 1799 and among those who ended the Napoleonic Wars in a victory when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Wellesley was born into a Protestant Ascendancy family in Ireland. He was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army in 1787, serving in Ireland as aide-de-camp to two successive lords lieutenant of Ireland. He was also elected as a member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. Rising to the rank of colonel by 1796, Wellesley saw service in the Low Countries and India, where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Siege of Seringapatam. He was appointed governor of Seringapatam and Mysore in 1799 and, as a newly appointed major-general, won a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy at the Battle of Assaye in 1803. Rising to prominence as a general officer during the Peninsular War, Wellesley was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading British-led forces to victory against the French at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. Following Napoleon's first exile in 1814, he served as the British ambassador to France and was made Duke of Wellington. During the Hundred Days campaign in 1815, Wellington commanded another British-led army which, together with the Prussian Army under Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Wellington's battle record is exemplary; he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career. Wellington is famous for his adaptive defensive style of warfare, resulting in several victories against numerically superior forces while minimising his own losses. He is regarded as one of the greatest commanders in the modern era, and many of his tactics and battle plans are still studied in military academies around the world. After the end of his active military career, Wellington returned to politics. He was twice British prime minister as a member of the Tory party from 1828 to 1830 and for a little less than a month in 1834. Wellington oversaw the passage of the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, while he opposed the Reform Act 1832. He continued to be one of the leading figures in the House of Lords until his retirement and remained Commander-in-Chief of the Forces until his death in 1852. Artist biography:- Benjamin Robert Haydon (26 January 1786 – 22 June 1846) was a British painter who specialised in grand historical pictures. His works have been exhibited in the British Musuem & National Portrait Gallery also sold in auctions around the world, the current highest sold price is $48,231 US Dollars. Haydon was born in Plymouth, the only son of another Benjamin Robert Haydon, a prosperous printer, stationer and publisher, and his wife Mary, the daughter of the Rev. Benjamin Cobley, rector of Dodbrooke, near Kingsbridge, Devon. At an early age he showed an aptitude for study, which was carefully fostered by his mother. At the age of six he was placed in Plymouth Grammar School, and at twelve in Plympton Grammar School, where Sir Joshua Reynolds had received most of his education. Reading Albinus inspired him with a love for anatomy, and from childhood he wanted to become a painter. Full of energy and hope, he left home, on 14 May 1804, for London, where he entered the Royal Academy Schools. He was so enthusiastic that Henry Fuseli asked when he found time to eat. In 1807, at the age of 21, Haydon exhibited, for the first time, at the Royal Academy. The painting he entered, The Repose in Egypt, was bought by Thomas Hope a year later for the Egyptian Room at his townhouse in Duchess Street. This was a good start for Haydon, who shortly afterwards received a commission from Lord Mulgrave and an introduction to Sir George Beaumont. In 1809 he finished his picture of Dentatus, which, though it increased his fame, resulted in a lifelong quarrel with the Royal Academy, whose committee hung it in a small side-room instead of in the great hall. That same year, he took on his first pupil, Charles Lock Eastlake, later a leading figure in the British art establishment. At the end of May 1814 Haydon took advantage of the cessation of hostilities with France to visit Paris with his friend David Wilkie, and see the art collections gathered by Napoleon from across Europe at the Louvre. Much of what he saw there disappointed him: he described Raphael's Transfiguration, a painting he had particularly wanted to see, as "small & insignificant". At François Gérard's studio he saw a portrait of Napoleon, and began to develop a fascination with the defeated French leader, Haydon became well known as a lecturer on painting, and from 1835 onwards travelled throughout England and Scotland on lecture tours. His legacy Haydon had several pupils. These included Charles and Edwin Landseer, William Bewick, John Jackson and Edward Chatfield. He was troubled by financial problems throughout his life, which led to several periods of imprisonment for debt. He died by suicide in 1846. He kept extensive diaries that were published after his death. Provenance:- Private Shire military collection from the vendor, Shire auction & Cheshire Antiques Consultant Ltd. With hanging thread on the back ready for immediate home display. We only select & sell paintings based upon subject, quality & significance. We provide our clients with friendly professional customer service. Viewings are welcome by appointment only. For customer support please send a message thank you. Checkout our exciting other Fine Arts, antiques & collectibles available in our shop gallery.