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Copy of a portrait of the Duke of Wellington

Photograph
c. 1840s (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Wharton, Thomas (designer)

Daguerreotype of a painting depicting a half-length portrait of a middle-aged man wearing a high-collared jacket with medals. The sitter is identified as the Duke of Wellington from an inscription. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, best known for his defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
This daguerreotype is in a cream-coloured card mount with a rectangular window. This is glazed and in a pinchbeck case that was designed and patented by Thomas Wharton.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleCopy of a portrait of the Duke of Wellington (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Daguerreotype in a pinchbeck case
Copper
Glass
Metal
Cardboard
Daguerreotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by an unknown photographer, Copy of a portrait of the Duke of Wellington, daguerreotype, c. 1840s.
Physical description
Daguerreotype of a painting depicting a half-length portrait of a middle-aged man wearing a high-collared jacket with medals. The sitter is identified as the Duke of Wellington from an inscription. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, best known for his defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
This daguerreotype is in a cream-coloured card mount with a rectangular window. This is glazed and in a pinchbeck case that was designed and patented by Thomas Wharton.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 92mm
  • Image width: 67mm
  • Case height: 122mm
  • Case width: 97mm
  • Case depth: 5mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Duke Wellington / Wellington

    Note
    Scratched into the verso of the case

  • Green sticker with '10' stuck on the back of the case. 'No. 23' and 'RPS 2377' handwritten in black on the back of the case.

  • T. WHARTON NO. 791 24 AUGUST 1841

    Note
    Stamped onto the verso of the case.

  • DUKE OF WELLINGTON

    Note
    Handwritten on a white label, stuck on the verso of the case.

Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Object history
Gift no. 2377.
Associated object
PROV.6596-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG1039 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28216 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • Cat no. 10 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 23 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • C7/D4 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 13237 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.505-2017

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Record createdJune 20, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1398830/copy-of-a-portrait-of-photograph-wharton-thomas/
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