Arthur

This painting of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by Goya was stolen from the National Gallery in London in the early sixties.

Specifically the nineteen sixties.

The Iron Duke turned up on the set of Dr. No, the first James Bond film. It disappeared again for many years before reappearing in 1987 at a bus stop in Crewe with the following written on the back:

"Beware the masked rhododendron"
Mister Carruthers

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