Scarce 19th-century mezzotint engraving of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, by Charles Turner (English, 1773-1857) after the watercolor portrait by Juan Bauzil (active c. 1816). Circa 1817. Matted and framed under plexiglass in a molded giltwood frame. Plate: 14 1/4" H x 9 7/8" W. Sight: 15" H x 10 1/4" W. Framed: 26 1/2" H x 21 1/3" W. Note: This print was published just two years after the allied army, under Wellesley's command, defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. He served as Britain's prime minister from 1828-1830 and briefly again in 1834, and remained Commander in Chief of the British Army until his death in 1852 at the age of 83.

PROVENANCE: The collection of the late Fount and Ida Smothers, Thompson's Station, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Print is toned with scattered foxing, some buckling lower left corner, not examined out of frame. Mat with scattered areas of foxing and discoloration. Frame with scattered abrasions and wear.