Dessert plate depicting the battlefield of Vimeiro, Portugal, 1810s. Artist: AJ Photographics.


Dessert plate depicting the battlefield of Vimeiro, Portugal, 1810s. Item in Apsley House, London, from the Wellington Museum. Part of a dinner service which was given as a gift from the King of Prussia to the Duke of Wellington in 1819. Dessert plates of the Prussian Service show scenes of events in Wellington's life, in this case the Peninsular War.


Size: 4008px × 4590px
Location: World,Europe,Portugal,Lisboa,Vimeiro
Photo credit: © Historic England Archive/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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