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Duke of Wellington portrait sold for £9.6m at auction

The Standard

July 1, 2026

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Duke of Wellington portrait sold for £9.6m at auction

The portrait by Thomas Lawrence was painted after the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

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