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The Battle of Culloden

Peel Ross

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (High Life Highland)

The Battle of Culloden

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part of a war which is well defined in duration, area and force commitment

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series of uprisings, rebellions, and wars in Great Britain and Ireland

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attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart

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final confrontation of the Jacobite rising of 1745 and part of a religious civil war in Britain

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This painting depicts the Battle of Culloden on 16th April 1746. Charles Edward Stuart and his Jacobite followers met with Government forces just outside Inverness on Culloden Moor. The battle itself was over in just 45 minutes.

Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (High Life Highland)

Inverness

Title

The Battle of Culloden

Medium

oil on linoleum

Measurements

H 121 x W 231 cm

Accession number

INVMG 0000.160

Acquisition method

gift from Mrs Peel Ross

Work type

Painting

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Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (High Life Highland)

Castle Wynd, Inverness, Highland IV2 3EB Scotland

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    The Battle of Culloden Inverness Museum and Art Gallery (High Life Highland)