Duke's own room Size:XL: 100 x 75cm The tomb of Boatswain

The tomb of Boatswain

Plate 24 from the paper 'Account of an assemblage of fossil teeth and bones of elephant

The woman on the left is wearing a plain grey dress trimmed with red around the edge of the full skirt

In the middle distance a man stands behind another man and distracts him by tickling his ear

Duke's own room Size:XL: 100 x 75cm The tomb of BoatswainDuke's own room, Apsley House, Westminster, London, 19th century. Also known as Number One, London, Apsley House was the residence of the Duke of Wellington. Situated at Hyde Park Corner, the house was originally built in the 1770s by Robert Adam for the Lord Chancellor, Lord Apsley. Wellington purchased the house in 1817 and employed Benjamin Dean Wyatt to carry out renovations.