Apsley House in 1829 by TH Shepherd. The main gateway to Hyde Park can be glimpsed on the left.

The Waterloo Gallery at Apsley House by Joseph Nash, 1852.

Apsley House, as it is today, Hyde Park Corner, London.

Napoleon by Antonio Canova

Apsley House on an 1869 Ordnance Survey map, showing its position at the end of a terrace. The neighbouring houses were demolished in the post World War II period to allow Park Lane to be widened. The Wellington Arch has been moved since this time.

Apsley House, also known as Number One, London, was the London residence of the Dukes of Wellington and stands alone at Hyde Park Corner, on the south-east corner of Hyde Park, facing south towards the busy traffic circulation system. It is a grade I listed building. For other uses, see Wellington Museum. ... Image File history File links Apsley_House_in_1829_by_TH_Shepherd. ... Image File history File links Apsley_House_in_1829_by_TH_Shepherd. ... Image File history File links The_Waterloo_Gallery_at_Apsley_House_by_Joseph_Nash,_1852. ... Image File history File links The_Waterloo_Gallery_at_Apsley_House_by_Joseph_Nash,_1852. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1127 KB) Summary Apsley House, London, England Image taken by en:User:Viosan and released under GFDL Upload to en wiki by Viosan: May 13, 2005 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1127 KB) Summary Apsley House, London, England Image taken by en:User:Viosan and released under GFDL Upload to en wiki by Viosan: May 13, 2005 Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 1937 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1944x2592, 1937 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Self-portrait by Canova, 1792. ... Image File history File links Apsley_house_on_an_1869_Ordnance_Survey_Map. ... Image File history File links Apsley_house_on_an_1869_Ordnance_Survey_Map. ... Part of an Ordnance Survey map at 1 inch to the mile scale from 1945 Ordnance Survey (OS) is an executive agency of the United Kingdom government. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Wellington Arch, also known as Constitution Arch, is a triumphal arch located to the south of Hyde Park in central London. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Dukedom of Wellington, derived from Wellington in Somerset, is a hereditary title and the senior Dukedom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Hyde Park Corner is a place in London, England, at the south-east corner of Hyde Park. ... “Hyde Park” redirects here. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

The house is now run by English Heritage and is open to the public as a museum and art gallery, although His Grace the current Duke of Wellington still uses part of the building as a part-time residence. It is sometimes referred to as the Wellington Museum. It is perhaps the only preserved example of an English aristocratic town house from its period. The practice has been to maintain the rooms as far as possible in the original style and decor. It contains the 1st Duke's collection of paintings, porcelain, the silver centrepiece made for the Duke in Portugal, c 1815, sculpture and furniture. Antonio Canova's heroic marble nude of Napoleon holding a gilded Nike in the palm of his hand, made 1802-10, standing 3.45 metres to the raised left hand. It was set up for a time in the Louvre and was bought by the Government for Wellington in 1816 (Pevsner) and stands in Adam's Stairwell. The standard of English Heritage English Heritage is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... Self-portrait by Canova, 1792. ... For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the museum. ...

Paintings Collection

The magnificient collection of 200 paintings includes 83 which were acquired by the first Duke after the Battle of Vitoria in 1813, the paintings were in Joseph Bonaparte's baggage train, they were from the Spanish royal collection and were presented to Wellington by King Ferdinand VII of Spain. The painting collection includes work by^[1]: Combatants French Empire United Kingdom Spain Portugal Commanders Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Joseph Bonaparte Marquess of Wellington Strength 58,000 80,000 Casualties ~5,000 dead or wounded, 3,000 captured[1] ~5,000 dead or wounded[1] In the Battle of Vitoria (June 21, 1813) Wellington and his Portuguese and... Joseph Bonaparte Coat of arms of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain (1808-1813). ... Ferdinand VII (October 14, 1784 - September 29, 1833) was King of Spain from 1813 to 1833. ...

• American: John Singleton Copley
• British: Sir William Beechey, John Burnet, George Dawe, John Hoppner, Edwin Landseer, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir David Wilkie
• Dutch: Pieter de Hooch, Jan van Huysum, Nicolaes Maes, Willem van Mieris, Antonis Mor, Aernout van der Neer, Adriaen van Ostade, Cornelius van Poelenburgh, Jan Steen, Willem van de Velde the Younger, Jan Victors
• Flemish: Paul Brill, Adriaen Brouwer, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Anthony van Dyck, Antony Francis van der Meulen, Rubens, David Teniers the Younger
• French: Claude Lorrain, Claude-Joseph Vernet
• German: Hans von Aachen, Adam Elsheimer, Anton Raphael Mengs
• Italian: Leandro Bassano, Giuseppe Cesari, Carlo Cignani, Antonio da Correggio, Luca Giordano, Antiveduto Grammatica, Guercino, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Guido Reni, Giulio Romano, Salvator Rosa, Francesco Trevisani, Marcello Venusti
• Spanish: Claudio Coello, Goya, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Jusepe de Ribera, Velasquez

The 1st Duke received many gifts from European rulers that are displayed in the House: Portrait of Copley by Gilbert Stuart. ... Sir William Beechey (1753 - 1839), English portrait-painter, was born at Burford. ... John Burnet (1781 or 1784–1868) was a Scottish engraver and painter. ... George Dawe at work George Dawe (February 8, 1781, London — October 15, 1829, Kentish Town) was an English portraitist who painted 329 portraits of Russian generals active during Napoleons invasion of Russia for the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace. ... John Hoppner (April 4?, 1758 - January 23, 1810), English portrait-painter, was born in Whitechapel. ... Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer, 1851: the image was widely distributed in steel engravings Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (March 7, 1802 - October 1, 1873) was a British painter, well known for his paintings of animals - particularly horses, dogs and stags. ... Alexander MacKenzie painted by Thomas Lawrence (c. ... David Wilkie may refer to: Sir David Wilkie (artist) David Wilkie (taxicab driver), killed during the UK miners strike (1984-1985) David Wilkie (swimmer) Category: ... Musical Party in a Courtyard (1677) Pieter de Hooch (pronounced , also spelled Hoogh or Hooghe) (baptized December 20, 1629 – 1684) was a genre painter during the Dutch Golden Age. ... Bouquet of Flowers in an Urn by Jan van Huysum, from 1724. ... Old Woman Dozing by Nicolaes Maes (1656) Oil on canvas, 135 x 105 cm. ... The Greengrocer by Willem van Mieris (1731) Oil on wood, 40 x 34 cm. ... Selfportrait. ... Landscape with Windmill by Aernout van der Neer (1647_49) Oil on wood, 69,5 x 92,5 cm. ... Peasants in a Tavern by Adriaen van Ostade (c. ... Cornelis van Poelenburgh, (c. ... // Steen was born in Leiden, where his well-to-do, Catholic family had run the tavern The Red Halbert for several generations. ... Ships Riding Quietely at Anchor, by Willem van de Velde, the younger. ... Jan Victors (bapt. ... Paul (1554-1626) and Mattheus (1550-1583) Brill (or Bril) were brothers, both born in Antwerp, who were landscape painters who worked in Rome after earning papal favor. ... Peasants Brawling over Cards by Adriaen Brouwer Adriaen Brouwer (1605 - 1638) was a Flemish painter. ... Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625) was a Flemish painter, son of Pieter Brueghel the Elder and father of Jan Brueghel the Younger. ... Self Portrait With a Sunflower Sir Anthony (Anton) van Dyck (22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish artist who became the leading court painter in England. ... Louis XIV at the siege of Besancon in 1674 Antony Francis van der Meulen or Adam Frans van der Meulen (January 11, 1632 – 15 October 1690), Flemish painter, born in Brussels. ... Peter Paul Rubens (June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640) was a prolific seventeenth-century Flemish and European painter, and a proponent of an exuberant Baroque style that emphasized movement, color, and sensuality. ... David Teniers the Younger (December 15, 1610 - April 25, 1690), Flemish artist was the more celebrated son of David Teniers the Elder, almost ranking in celebrity with Rubens and Van Dyck, was born in Antwerp. ... Claude Lorrain. ... Joseph Vernet, by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. ... Allegory or The Triumph of Justice (1598) Oil on copper, 56 x 47 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Hans von Aachen (1552, Cologne - March 4, 1615, Prague) was a German mannerist painter. ... Adam Elsheimer (b. ... Anton Raphael Mengs (March 12, 1728 - June 29, 1779) was a German painter. ... Penelope, by Leandro Bassano (Musée des Beaux-Arts et dArchéologie) Leandro Bassano, (b. ... Giuseppe Cesari (c. ... Carlo Cignani (1628-1719) was an Italian Baroque painter. ... Antonio Allegri da Correggio. ... The creation of man, fresco in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence, 1684-1686. ... David returning triumphant with the head of Goliath, Whitfield Fine Art Antiveduto Grammatica was an proto-Baroque Italian painter, active near Rome. ... The Italian painter Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591—1666) known as Guercino, was born at Cento, a village not far from Bologna. ... Categories: Stub | 1691 births | 1765 deaths | Italian painters ... Autoportrait Abduction of Deianira, 1620-21 Guido Reni (November 4, 1575, Calvenzano di Vergato, near Bologna - August 18, 1642, Bologna) was a prominent Italian painter of high-Baroque style. ... Fire in the Borgo, Vatican fresco Giulio Romano (ca 1499? – November 1, 1546) was an Italian painter, architect, and decorator. ... self-portrait by Salvator Rosa, 1640. ... Portait of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni by Francesco Trevisani. ... Marcello Venusti (1512/5 - 1579) was an Italian Mannnerist painter active in Rome in mid 1500s. ... Claudio Coello (1642—1693) was a Spanish Baroque painter. ... This article is about Francisco Goya, a Spanish painter. ... Murillo Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Seville, December 31, 1617 - Cádiz, April 3, 1682) was a Spanish painter, one of the most important figures in Baroque painting in Spain. ... Giuseppe Ribera (January 12, 1591 - 1652) was the name given in Italian to Jusepe (de) Ribera or José (de) Ribera, also called Lo Spagnoletto, or the Little Spaniard, a leading painter of the Neapolitan or partly of the Spanish school, who was born near Valencia, Spain at Xátiva, now... Las Meninas, painted in 1656. ...

• A pair of large candelabra of Siberian porhpyry, ormolu & Malachite centre and two side tables, presented by Nicholas I of Russia.
• A pair of Swedish porphyry urns, from King Charles XIV John of Sweden.
• A dinner service of Berlin porcelain, from Frederick William III of Prussia.
• The Egyptian dinner service of Sèvres porcelain, from Louis XVIII of France.
• The silver and silver-gilt Portuguese service of over a thousand pieces, from the Portuguese Council of Regency.
• The Saxon Service of Meissen porcelain, from Frederick Augustus I of Saxony.

Siberian federal subjects of Russia Siberia (Russian: Сиби́рь, common English transliterations: Sibir, Sibir; possibly from the Mongolian for the calm land) is a vast region of Russia and northern Kazakhstan constituting all of northern Asia. ... A piece of porphyry Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass. ... Ormolu (from French or moulu, signifying gold ground or pounded) is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-karat gold to an object in bronze. ... This article is about the mineral. ... Nicholas I (Russian: Николай I Павлович, Nikolai I Pavlovich), July 6 (June 25, Old Style), 1796–March 2 (18 February Old Style), 1855), was the Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855, known as one of the most reactionary of the Russian monarchs. ... Charles XIV John (Swedish: Carl XIV Johan), born Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte (January 26, 1763 – March 8, 1844) was King of Sweden and Norway (where he was known as Karl III Johan) from 1818 until his death. ... Frederick William III (German: , August 3, 1770 – June 7, 1840) was king of Prussia from 1797 to 1840. ... A stone grinder for turning quartz, feldspar, kaolin and other stones into fine powder for making ceramic paste Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is a porcelain factory located in Sèvres, France. ... Louis XVIII (17 November 1755 – 16 September 1824), was a King of France and Navarre. ... A Meissen dinner service Meissen porcelain is the first European porcelain. ... Frederick Augustus I of Saxony. ...

History

The house was originally built in red brick by Robert Adam between 1771 and 1778 for Lord Apsley, the Lord Chancellor, who gave the house its name. Some Adam interiors survive: the semi-circular Staircase, the Drawing Room with its apsidal end, and the Portico Room, behind the giant Corinthian portico added by Wellington. Robert Adam Robert Adam (3 July 1728 - 3 March 1792) was a Scottish architect, interior designer and furniture designer, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1778 (MDCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst (1714-6 August 1794), was the eldest surviving son of the 1st Earl. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and prior to the Union the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states. ... This article is about an architectural feature; for the astronomical term see apsis. ... The Corinthian order as used for the portico of the Pantheon, Rome provided a prominent model for Renaissance and later architects, through the medium of engravings. ...

In 1807 the house was purchased by Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, the elder brother of Sir Arthur Wellesley, but in 1817 financial difficulties forced him to sell it to his famous brother, by then the Duke of Wellington, who needed a London base from which to pursue his new career in politics. Year 1807 (MDCCCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... Richard Wellesley ,1st Marquess Wellesley The Most Honourable Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (20 June 1760 - 26 September 1842), was the eldest son of Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington, an Irish peer, and brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. ... Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Wellington employed the architect Benjamin Dean Wyatt to carry out renovations between 1818 and 1819. He extended the house by adding two bays westward to the original five; built the Waterloo Gallery for the Duke's paintings, and faced the red brick with the grander golden Bath stone. He also introduced his own version of French style to the interior, notable in the Waterloo Gallery and the florid wrought iron stair-rail, "just turning from Empire to a neo-Rococo" (Pevsner). Benjamin Dean Wyatt, stipple engraving by T. Blood, after Samuel Drummond. ... Year 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Bath Stone is an Oolitic Limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. ...

The Waterloo Gallery is, of course, named after the Duke's famous victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. A special banquet is still served annually to celebrate the date -- the 18th June 1815. The Duke's equestrian statue can be seen outside the gates across the busy road, striding into battle on his trusty stead, Copenhagen. This statue was cast from the guns captured at the battle. Combatants French Empire Seventh Coalition: United Kingdom Prussia United Netherlands Hanover Nassau Brunswick Commanders Napoleon Bonaparte, Michel Ney Duke of Wellington, Gebhard von Blücher Strength 73,000 67,000 Anglo-Allies 60,000 Prussian (48,000 engaged by about 18:00) Casualties 25,000 killed or wounded 7,000... Apotheosis of Saint Louis by Charles H. Niehaus In sculpture, an equestrian (from the Latin equus meaning horse) is a statue consisting of a horse with mounted rider. ...

The house was given the popular nickname of Number One, London, since it was the first house passed by visitors who travelled from the countryside after the toll gates at Knightsbridge. It was originally part of a contiguous line of great houses on Piccadilly, demolished to widen Park Lane: its official address remains 149 Piccadilly, W1J 7NT. Knightsbridge is a street and district spanning the City of Westminster and theRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London notable for its eclectic mix of rich, famous, and international residents including several billionaires Roman Abramovich, oligarchs from Russia, China and India, international businessman Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge, trend setters Charles... Park Lane could refer to: Park Lane, a road in London, England Park Lane, a mall in Halifax, Nova Scotia Mercury Park Lane, a car produced by the Ford Motor Company This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

During the Second World War, it was rumoured that King George VI and Queen Elizabeth heard that the treasures of the house hadn't been evacuated. The story goes that they both arrived in a van and quickly had the objects moved to Frogmore for safekeeping.^[2] George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 11 December 1936 until his death. ... Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite; 4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002), was the Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions from 1936 until his death in 1952. ... Frogmore or Frogmore House is a former royal residence in England, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, and is the site of the Frogmore Mausoleum containing the grave of Victoria and Albert. ...

His Grace Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, gave the house to the nation in 1947, but the family retains an apartment on the second floor (American third floor). Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of Wellington, KG (August 21, 1885 - January 4, 1972) was a British diplomat. ...

See also

• Stratfield Saye House - the country house of the Dukes of Wellington

Stratfield Saye House, at Stratfield Saye on the border of Hampshire and Berkshire in England, has been the home of the Dukes of Wellington since 1817. ...

References

• Jervis, Simon and Tomlin, Maurice (revised by Voak, Jonathon) (1984, revisions 1989 & 1995) Apsley House Wellington Museum published by the Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London ISBN 1-85177-161-1
• Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: London vol. I, p 463.

Collins was a Scottish printing company founded by a schoolmaster, William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819. ... Sir Nikolaus Pevsner CBE (January 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. ...

External links

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• Tourist information on Apsley House

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