Lot n° 504

WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley Autogr. signed letter, unidentified corresp., London, dated (not read), 2 1/2 pp. on 1 double f., 12mo. Sewn in portfolio. 

Estimation : 200 / 300
Adjudication : 600 €
Description
By the Duke of Wellington (1759-1852) about paintings of Pieter-Paul Rubens : "I find that I have in London only two works by Rubens. One (a head that I bought) and the holy family which was a present of Ferdinand the 7th of Spain. The Hercules and the lion is in the country and quite unimportant (...) I can give no account of the Bacchus which I think is not in my possession at all. The holy family was always much admired by Sir Thomas Lawrence". 
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