Watches: Wellington’s gift to opera singer rumoured to be his mistress

A gold and enamel Dent pocket watch given by Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, to the Italian opera singer Giuseppina Grassini surfaced for sale at an auction in Austria

The Italian opera singer Giuseppina Grassini (1773-1850) was as famous for her love affairs as for…

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