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Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo

Maker

(artist)
1785-1841

(engraver)
born 1802 (Life dates)

Title

Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo

Medium

Engraving and etching on paper

Dimensions

Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 31.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5772.61

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Stamp: Recto: lower right corner, location: "Witt Library".

Inscription: Recto: within the plate, lower left, signed and dated by painter: "David Wilkie 1822"; lower centre, title: "Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo"; below that, names of the artists: "Painted by Sir David Wilkie, R.A. - Engraved by W. Greatbach."; below that, location of original painting: "The Original Painted for his Grace the Duke of Wellington"; lower left corner, typewritten, location of the painting: "Wilkie Gall."

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