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Kempton Bunton (14 June 1904–April 1976) was an English man who confessed to taking Francisco Goya's painting Portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London in 1961. [3] [2] [4] The story of Bunton and the painting was the subject of the October 2015 BBC Radio 4 drama Kempton and the Duke, and the 2020 film The Duke.
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Francisco Goya: 21 August 1961: July 1965: National Gallery, London: Stolen 19 days after it was put on display at the National Gallery by bus driver Kempton Bunton as a protest at the cost of the television licence. Bunton returned the painting in 1965 via the left luggage office at Birmingham New Street. [40]
The painting was probably made from life, at sittings in Madrid, and painted in oils on a mahogany panel.Although a successful general, the Wellington depicted by Goya is tired from the long campaigning, having won a victory at the Battle of Salamanca on 22 July 1812 before triumphantly entering Madrid on 12 August 1812.
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington may refer to: Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, a painting by Francisco de Goya; Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence; Portrait of the Duke of Wellington, a painting by Thomas Phillips
The last theft occurred in 1983, when thieves broke into the gallery using ladders; the painting was discovered three years later at a railway station in Münster, Germany. [23] The Portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Goya was stolen in 1961 from the National Gallery in London.
A historic English painting stolen by New Jersey mobsters more than 50 years ago has been returned to its owner after a two-year FBI investigation. 'Priceless' 18th-century painting returned after ...
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington is a portrait painting by the English artist Thomas Lawrence of the Anglo-Irish soldier and politician the Duke of Wellington.It was begun in early 1815 following Wellington's success in the Peninsular War and shortly before his victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo and the subsequent allied occupation of France under Wellington's command. [1]
Just Stop Oil protesters painted London's grade I-listed Wellington Arch orange on Wednesday 25 October. Footage shows three people spraying bright paint on the triumphal arch, which has stood at ...