A GENTLEMAN'S EAU DE NIL POPLIN WAISTCOAT

This waistcoat is said to have been given by the the first Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), to his friend, the painter Andrew Morton (1802-1845), who painted his Grace on many occasions. One of his portraits entitled, The Duke of Wellington with Colonel Gurwood at Apsley House, painted in 1840, is held in the Wallace Collection and depicts his Grace seated in his study, wearing a similar waistcoat to the one sold in this lot.