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Summary

Artist
Title Portrait of Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842), Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805.
Date 19th century
Medium oil
Unknown
Source/Photographer http://www.gac.culture.gov.uk/search/Object.asp?object_key=19096

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