DescriptionPortrait of General Sir George Cooke (1768–1837) (by Jan Willem Pieneman).jpg
English: Jan Willem Pieneman (1779–1853)
Portrait of General Sir George Cooke (1768–1837), KCB;
English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House;
This head and shoulders study shows the sitter wearing the scarlet uniform with gold epaulettes and aiguillettes of a lieutenant general, and the badge and star of a Knight Commander of the Bath. This is one of 13 portrait studies painted by the artist from life, for his large painting 'Battle of Waterloo', now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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Portrait of General Sir George Cooke (1768–1837) (by Jan Willem Pieneman)
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