A PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF WELLINGTON, BY WILLIAM ESSEX (1784-1769) AFTER SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, 1848 head and shoulders wearing a dark coat and the order of the Golden Fleece, enamel, recto signed with initials W.E, verso signed, extensively inscribed and dated, gilt-metal frame oval 9.6cm Based on the famous portrait by Lawrence exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1822.