David Morier, was an Anglo-Swiss painter of portraits, military subjects and historical scenes around and after the time of the War of the Austrian Succession and the related Jacobite rising of 1745.
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745, by David Morier
David Morier's patron: Equestrian portrait of Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, by David Morier.
The Godolphin Arabian and the cat Grimalkin, engraved by John Faber the Younger in 1753, after David Morier (initials of the artists).
An Encampment of British Troops (Royal Artillery) under the command of the Duke of Cumberland in the Low Countries, by David Morer.
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn was the sixth child and fourth son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and a younger brother of George III. His 1771 marriage to a commoner against the King's wishes prompted the Royal Marriages Act 1772.
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, 1777
Henry (right) with his brother William Henry, from a family group portrait of 1751.
Prince Henry, aged 9, by Liotard
Equestrian portrait by David Morier around 1765