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Hace 4 días · Description of Apsley House. Apsley House is the product of two very different styles of building and decoration. The original house was designed and furnished in the neoclassical style by Robert Adam between 1771 and 1778. Much of this was swept away when Apsley was remodelled on a grand scale for the Duke of Wellington from 1819.
Apsley House history. Named after the Baron Apsley, who originally built it in the 1770s, Apsley House came to be owned by the Wellesley family in 1807. The Wellesleys extended and altered Apsley House, transforming it into the building we see today. The first Wellesley to occupy the house was Wellington’s brother Richard, however when he ...
Wellington and Napoleon. Born in the same year, 1769, the two men took up their first commissions in the army around the same time. Although Wellington spent nearly half of his career fighting the French, Napoleon was scathing about Wellington’s abilities referring to him as the ‘sepoy general’.
Dimensions. 97.5 cm × 71 cm (38.4 in × 28 in) Location. Apsley House, London. Accession. WM 1620. Titian's Mistress, also known as An Unknown Lady, is an oil painting variously attributed to Titian, his workshop, or both. It was painted in about 1550 or 1560. [1] [2] The painting is part of the Wellington Collection at Apsley House in London.
12 de jun. de 2015 · Apsley House was built by Robert Adam for the 1st Baron Apsley between 1771 and 1778. It was red brick and refined; the original address was Number 1, London. In 1817, ...
The Wellington Collection is a large art and militaria collection housed at Apsley House in London. It mainly consists of paintings, including 83 formerly in the Spanish royal collection, given to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, who was Prime Minister as well as the general commanding the British forces to victory in the Napoleonic ...
Apsley House. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. This is a category about listed building number 1226873. English: Built as home to the most well-known Duke of Wellington (the first Duke, who was bestowed the title after his command of the English army at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815). Other commemorative structures in London to ...