Surrender of the Jacobite leaders to the Duke of Cumberland after the Battle of Culloden
Fan
ca. 1746 (made)
ca. 1746 (made)
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This fan celebrates the English victory at Culloden in 1746. The English forces were fighting the Jacobite troops. These were mainly Scottish and supported the exiled royal house of Stuart. The Duke of Cumberland, leader of the English forces, is surrounded by Scottish lords kneeling in surrender. In the background, the English troops fire on fleeing rebels. It is hard to establish the exact number of participants and casualties. What is certain is that the Jacobites were slaughtered in vast numbers, while the king's troops suffered few casualties. The vigour with which the Duke of Cumberland put down the rebellion earned him the nickname 'The Butcher'.
Object details
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| Title | Surrender of the Jacobite leaders to the Duke of Cumberland after the Battle of Culloden (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured printed paper, wood, ivory, brass, mother-of-pearl |
| Brief description | Fan 'Surrender of the Jacobite leaders to the Duke of Cumberland after the Battle of Culloden' made of hand-coloured printed paper and with wooden sticks, Great Britain, ca. 1746 |
| Physical description | Fan made of hand-coloured printed paper which has been pleated, and with wooden sticks. Printed with the scene of a battle between red-coat English soldiers and tartan-clad Scotsmen. The scene presumably is the Battle of Culloden of 1746. On the left, in front of the tents with the Union Jack, a general (Duke of Cumberland) receives the surrender of a young man and a tartan-clad man, presumably Jacobites. The colours are washed. The guards are of ivory, daubed with Chinoiserie subjects in colour. The sticks are of wood. Brass rivets and mother-of-pearl washers. |
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| Credit line | Given by HM Queen Mary |
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| Summary | This fan celebrates the English victory at Culloden in 1746. The English forces were fighting the Jacobite troops. These were mainly Scottish and supported the exiled royal house of Stuart. The Duke of Cumberland, leader of the English forces, is surrounded by Scottish lords kneeling in surrender. In the background, the English troops fire on fleeing rebels. It is hard to establish the exact number of participants and casualties. What is certain is that the Jacobites were slaughtered in vast numbers, while the king's troops suffered few casualties. The vigour with which the Duke of Cumberland put down the rebellion earned him the nickname 'The Butcher'. |
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| Accession number | T.205-1959 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2003 |
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