'The Funeral of the Duke of Wellington Passing Apsley House, November 18, 1852', (c1897). Crowds in London for the funeral of soldier and prime minister Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) the 'Iron Duke' who had been a trusted advisor to Queen Victoria who named her third son after him. On the right is an equestrian statue of him on top of the Wellington Arch. From Sixty Years A Queen: The Story of Her Majesty's Reign, by Sir Herbert Maxwell. [Harmsworth Bros, Limited, London, c1897]
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