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Description: | Black and white engraving of Prince Charles Edward and the Highlanders entering Edinburgh after the Battle of the Prestonians. Charles enters on horseback into a crowded tenement street. From the history painting by Thomas Duncan and published by Alex Will of Princess Street, Edinburgh, 1813.
"Prince Charles is depicted entering the city after the battle of Prestonpans. A strong contrast is drawn between the figures of the kilted troops accompanying Charles and those figures in captured British army uniforms. There is here no conflation of 'Highlander' with 'British Army' as was the reality by the time the painting was produced. Thomas Duncan (1807-45) was a painter of historical subjects and portraits trained at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh under William Allan. This work was his first exhibit at the RA. Frederick Bacon (1803-87) was a London based engraver."
Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541 | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1813-1813 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Bacon, Frederick, (engraver?) Duncan, Thomas (painter) | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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