Lot 77: GEORGE RAPHAEL WARD (BRITISH, C.1801 - 1878) AFTER SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, R.A.

GEORGE RAPHAEL WARD (BRITISH, C.1801 - 1878) AFTER SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, R.A.
Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), in blue cloak, coat, white waistcoat and cravat, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece
signed, dated and inscribed in pen on the backing card George Raphael Ward Pinxυt. 7. Newman St. 1828. London.' and in a different hand 'Field Marshal Arthur 1υsυt Duke of Wellington K.G. etc etc etc etc'
on ivory
rectangular, 4½ x 3 7/8 in. (115 x 98 mm.), modern gilt-wood frame

J. Steegman, A Survey of Portraits in Welsh Houses, Cardiff, 1962, vol. II, p. 130, no. 58.

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GEORGE RAPHAEL WARD (BRITISH, C.1801 - 1878) AFTER SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, R.A.
Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), in blue cloak, coat, white waistcoat and cravat, wearing the jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece
signed, dated and inscribed in pen on the backing card George Raphael Ward Pinxυt. 7. Newman St. 1828. London.' and in a different hand 'Field Marshal Arthur 1υsυt Duke of Wellington K.G. etc etc etc etc'
on ivory
rectangular, 4½ x 3 7/8 in. (115 x 98 mm.), modern gilt-wood frame