Lord Charles Gordon, 1721 - 1780
About this artwork
Lord Charles Gordon was the son of the Jacobite, Alexander 2nd Duke of Gordon. Lord Charles fought on the government side, serving in Lord Loudon’s 54th Regiment during the 1745 Rising. In March 1746 he took part in the capture of the French ship, Le Prince Charles Stuart, in the Kyle of Tongue. This vessel, with its cargo of over £13,000, had been sent by Louis XV to assist the Jacobites. Its loss, three weeks before the battle of Culloden, was a disaster for them. Lord Charles’s younger brother, Lord Lewis, was a Jacobite officer.
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artist:John AlexanderScottish (1686 - about 1766)
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title:Lord Charles Gordon, 1721 - 1780
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date created:1738
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:76.20 x 63.50 cm
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credit line:Purchased 2002
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accession number:PG 3324
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John Alexander
John Alexander
John Alexander, son of an Aberdeen doctor, was the great-grandson of George Jamesone, the most famous Scottish painter of the seventeenth century. After some time in London, Alexander travelled to Italy in 1711 where he studied under Giuseppe Chiari and received commissions from the Stuart court...
