David Morier was a Swiss-born British painter who specialised in portraits, military subjects and historical scenes around and after the time of the War of the Austrian Succession and the Jacobite ris
Considered one of the most expensive paintings by David Morier ever sold at auction: The equestrian portrait of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, wearing the Order of the Garter.
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.
The Battle of Culloden took place on 16 April 1746, near Inverness, in the Scottish Highlands. A Jacobite army under Charles Edward Stuart was decisively defeated by a British government force command
David Morier
…Lempereur of the Duke of Cumberland's equestrian portrait by David Morier, which the duke commissioned around 1750 to commemorate his victory at the Battle of Culloden. This reverse-painted mirror forms part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 2024. An exotic element in David Morier's work is…
An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745, David Morier
Charles Edward Stuart, painted late 1745. (Original displayed at Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
Culloden House, circa 1746, Charles' headquarters prior to the battle
Well of the Dead; modern remains of the park wall on the Jacobite right