Kauffmann, C.M.
Catalogue of paintings in the Wellington Museum.
London, HMSO (for Victoria and Albert Museum) 1982.
Reference: 11007
Price: £14 [convert currency]
Full Description
4to. 176pp, many photo ills. Publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Jill Allibone’s copy.
Good scholarly catalogue of the collection of paintings at Apsley House, London, formed by the 1st Duke of Wellington and incorporating the great haul of Old Master paintings from the Spanish Royal Collection captured by British troops at the battle of Vitoria in 1813. Kauffmann traces the paintings’ provenances and corrects their previous attributions as necessary.