File:David Wilkie Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch.jpg

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The Chelsea Pensioners reading the Waterloo Dispatch (c 1818-1822). Oil on canvas, 97 x 158 cm (38.1 x 62.2 in). Apsley House, London

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David Wilkie: Chelsea Pensioners reading the Waterloo Dispatch  wikidata:Q20949183 reasonator:Q20949183
Artist
David Wilkie  (1785–1841)  wikidata:Q902759
 
David Wilkie
Description British actor and painter
Date of birth/death 18 November 1785 Edit this at Wikidata 1 June 1841 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Fife Crown Colony of Malta
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q902759
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch
title QS:P1476,en:"Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch"
label QS:Len,"Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Waterloo Dispatch"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Date between 1818 and 1822
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1818-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1822-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 97 cm (38.1 in); width: 158 cm (62.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,97U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,158U174728
institution QS:P195,Q622206
Current location
The Collection of the first Duke of Wellington in his own London home, open to the public.
Accession number
WM. 1469-1948 Edit this at Wikidata
Object history First exhibited by the Royal Academy on the 7th anniversary of the battle.
References
Source/Photographer Apsley House

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