Duke of Wellington, Cambrai to Sir Thomas Lawrence, Russell Square, London

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

LAW/2/213

Title

Duke of Wellington, Cambrai to Sir Thomas Lawrence, Russell Square, London

Date

15 Jul 1817

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

He has arranged for Lord Bathurst to sit to Lawrence for his picture to join his "collection of personages of the day"; he gives the reason as being Bathurst's crucial importance as Secretary of State for War during the height of the Penninsula War and Waterloo; he hopes Lawrence is getting on with Copenhagen.