Dessert plate depicting the Lines of Torres Vedras, Portugal, 1810s. Artist: AJ Photographics.

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Dessert plate depicting the Lines of Torres Vedras, Portugal, 1810s. This series of forts was built in secret in 1809-1810 to defend Lisbon. 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.

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Size: 4008px × 4494px
Location: World,Europe,Portugal,Lisboa,Torres Vedras
Photo credit: © Historic England Archive/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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