Prince Charles Edward Stuart 'The Young Pretender' (1720-1788)
Cosmo Alexander (Aberdeen 1724 - Edinburgh 1772)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1749
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
290 x 250 mm
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Sizergh Castle, Cumbria
NT 998718
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Prince Charles Edward Stuart 'The Young Pretender' (1720-1788) by Cosmo Alexander (Aberdeen 1724 – Edinburgh 1772), 1749. A half-length portrait in black armour against a green hanging. Charles Edward Stuart, popularly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, was the son of the 'Old Pretender', Prince James Francis Edward, and the grandson of the exiled King James VII and II, who was overthrown in 1688. In 1745, at the age of 24, he landed in Scotland, determined to regain the throne. However, despite taking his Highland army as far south as Derby, Charles's rebellion ended in defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. He escaped to France and remained in exile for the remainder of his life.
Provenance
Given by Henry Hornyold Strickland (1890 – 1975) with Sizergh Castle and its estates in 1950
Makers and roles
Cosmo Alexander (Aberdeen 1724 - Edinburgh 1772), artist previously catalogued as after Domenico Corvi (Viterbo 1721 - Rome 1803), artist