Lot 74
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of
Collection of printed ephemera relating to the Duke of Wellington & Waterloo
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
Duke of Wellington's engraved gentleman's card (7.6 x 11.2cm), 1810s or 1820s?, apologising for not being able to wait on a guest, with name, date, and reason for absence, ‘being seriously engaged’ added in manuscript, guest was Duchess of Cannizzaro [society hostess, Sophia Johnstone Platamone (1785-1841)];
[Commissioner of Police of the City of London]. Police Orders and Regulations to be Observed … on the Occasion of the Funeral of … Arthur Duke of Wellington. [London: s.n., 1852]. Single sheet (26.8 cx 20.5cm), text in black border, some spotting and tear to bottom right-hand corner repaired with piece of paper;
[Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis]. Police Regulations. Funeral of the late Field Marshal, Arthur Duke of Wellington… 18th November 1852. Folio, [4]p., printed on blue paper with docket title, some paper residue of previous mounting (in an album?) to verso of final leaf;
The Times, 22nd June 1815. Battle of Waterloo. [London: Head and Meek, 187-?]. Single sheet (43 x 29.7cm) pasted to backing paper, facsimile of newspaper hoarding/bill announcing news of the battle of Waterloo;
The Times. No. 9554, London, 22nd June 1815. [London: s.n., 187-?]. Folio (43.5 x 29.5cm), [4]p., 1870s? facsimile of the issue of ‘The Times’ with news of the Battle of Waterloo, with tears to margins;
The Times. No. 9554, London, 22nd June 1815. [London]: Re-Printed and Published at the Office, 15, Wine Office Court. Fleet Street, E.C., [187-?]. Folio (43.5 x 29.8cm), [4]p., 1870s facsimile reprinted by Head and Meek of the issue of ‘The Times’ with news of the battle of Waterloo, mounted on sheet of backing paper, with tears in the margins;
Official Programme of the Funeral of the Duke of Wellington. London: Piper, Brothers, & Co., [1852]. Single sheet (50.5 x 31.7cm), woodcut illustration of the coffin and funeral car, below which is printed in four columns the order and route of the funeral procession, on the reverse are printed the police orders and regulations to the funeral, some paper residue of previous mounting (in an album?) on verso, with copy of ticket for admittance to the lying in state at Chelsea Hospital pasted on to left-hand margin;
The Wellington Funeral Car. London: Clarke & Co., [1852?]. Single sheet (44 x 60.2cm), mounted on to backing paper, lithograph (uncoloured) by Paul Jerrard of funeral carriage, with embossed stamp of W. H. Mason Repository of Arts on backing paper, some minor dust soiling and tears to backing paper (8)