drawing
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.7411
- Title
- Object: Key Plate to Mr Knight's Picture of the Heroes of Waterlloo - assembled at Apsley House
- Description
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Key to the picture by John Prescott Knight; 32 figures grouped in a row, with General Lord Strafford and Lieutenant Sir Edward Kerrison seated in the left foreground, the Duke of Richmond, Lieutenant Sir Andrew Barnard and Lieutenant Lord Vivian seated in the right foreground, and others including Wellington standing in the centre ; with an open doorway behind to right.
Verso: graphite sketches of gothic arches, font and other church architecture
Graphite drawing with a key in ink below; verso
- Production date
- 1842 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 165 millimetres (image)
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Height: 355 millimetres (sheet, approx.)
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Width: 408 millimetres (image)
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Width: 496 millimetres (sheet, approx.)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See also the printed keys, 2010,7081.7412 and 7413. The painting was engraved by C G Lewis.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2010,7081.7411