AN EARLY VICTORIAN NEEDLEWORK PICTURE OF SIR ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1st DUKE OF WELLINGTONCIRCA 1840The Duke depicted mounted on a charger in robes and with hat raised and outstretched, after the 1818 painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence, in maple frame and glazed, 75 x 63cm overallTogether with a silkwork picture of a woman seated by a house, framed and glazed 47 x 50cm overall (2)Provenance: Lady Victoria GettyThe depiction of Wellington is after Sir Thomas Lawrence's work of 1818 showing the Duke astride his famous charger Copenhagen. Copenhagen was a chestnut horse and not a grey as implied in this interpretation