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Portrait of Thomas Picton
| Portrait of Thomas Picton | |
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| Artist | William Beechey |
| Year | c.1815 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 77 cm × 63.7 cm (30 in × 25.1 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. |
Portrait of Thomas Picton is a c.1815 portrait painting by William Beechey of the Welsh general Thomas Picton.[1] Picton served during the Peninsular War in Portugal and Spain. He was the highest-ranking British Army officer to die at the Battle of Waterloo, the final Allied victory over Napoleon that ended the Napoleonic Wars.[2]
Several versions of the painting exist with one at Apsley House, the home of Picton's long-standing commander the Duke of Wellington.[3] The copy in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. was acquired in 1961.[4]
Picton had previously been painted by the Irish artist Martin Archer Shee in 1812, which is now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.
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