Halt of Prince Charles Edward on the Banks of the Nairne

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Richard Beavis (1824-1896)
Halt of Prince Charles Edward on the Banks of the Nairne
signed and dated 'R. Beavis 1878' (lower left) and inscribed 'Halt of Prince Charles Edward on the Banks of the Nairne/R Beavis' (on a label on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
45½ x 70 in. (115.5 x 178 cm.)

Provenance

with The Omell Gallery, London.
Mrs Seymour, 23 Ennismore Gardens, S.W. (according to a label on the reverse).

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, 1878, no. 584.

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Lot Essay

Prince Charles Edward Stuart, known as the Young Pretender, championed the Jacobite claim to the throne and engaged the Duke of Cumberland at Culloden Moor on 16 April 1746. The battle, which took place near Inverness, was the last staged on British soil. Prince Charles was defeated and retreated across the banks of the Nairne. The Protestant Hanoverian King George II remained King. Jacobite subjects provided favourite subject matter for artists of the Victorian period.

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