Sujet

Dessert plate depicting the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, 1812 (1818)

Légende

Dessert plate depicting the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain, 1812 (1818). Item in Apsley House, London. Dessert plate from the Duke of Wellington's Saxon Service, made at Meissen in 1818. This was a gift to Wellington from the King of Saxony, and depicts the battles the Duke won during his military career, in this example the capture of Ciudad Rodrigo (19 January 1812), during the Peninsular War.

Date

1818

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM19B40_267

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48,1Mo (2,2Mo) / 33,9cm x 35,5cm / 4008 x 4195 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Allemand arts peinture nuit pays art Britannique couleur capture combat plat peint militaire guerre lieu victoire La Grande-Bretagne soldats soldat objet façonné concept objet façonné heure storming Armée serrage guerre Salamanque 19e siècle infanterie champ de bataille La Castille y Leon plat de dessert dix-neuvie siècle siège English Heritage objet ceramic Duke of Arthur Duke of Wellington Wellington Wellesley Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington The Iron Duke Iron Duke Lord Wellington 1st Duke of Wellington Sir Arthur Wellesley Saxon Service ceramic objet