John Lucas started his career as an apprentice to the engraver Samuel William Reynolds. In the 1820s, he set up on his own as a painter. His work was first shown at the Royal Academy in 1828; over the next 46 years he showed 96 portraits there. He painted several portraits of Wellington.
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