Lieutenant General Wade Commander in Chief of all his Majties. Forces in Scotland.
J. Vanderbank Pinx. A. Vanhaecken et fecit. [n.d. c.1736] Very scarce mezzotint, print 320 x 400mm (12½ x 15¾"). Trimmed within publication line and glued to album sheet. Some creases, surface dirt and abrasions. Three-quarter length portrait of Lieutenant General George Wade (1673-1748). He stands with his right hand on a cannon, left hand propping baton on a rock beside his helmet, wearing armour and long white wig. In the background mounted troops and a stone bridge can be seen in the mountainous landscape. The original drawing by Alexander van Haecken is in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. Wade was a british army officer and commander-in-chief. Famous for building roads, the 'military ways' through Scotland. Commander-in-Chief of the troops sent into Scotland against the Jacobites in 1745, for a short time, until relieved by the more dynamic Cumberland, after which he retired. Marshal Wade's House, built for George Wade, in Bath is a fantastic example of 18th-century urban architecture in the Palladian style. CS 18. BM 1902.1011.6039. NAM 2007-03-18-1.
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