After Culloden, Rebel Hunting

After Culloden, Rebel Hunting
Artist	John Seymour Lucas
Year	1884
Type	Oil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions	196.2 cm × 142.6 cm (77.2 in × 56.1 in)
Location	Tate Britain, London

After Culloden, Rebel Hunting is an 1884 history painting by the British artist John Seymour Lucas depicting a scene from the Jacobite Rising of 1745.[1] In the wake of the Jacobite defeat the Battle of Culloden in the Scottish Highlands on 16 April 1746, the rebels were pursued. In the painting, British Army soldiers loyal to the Hanoverian dynasty enter a blacksmith where a farrier is at work in search for fugitive Jacobite fighters. The painting was described in the Edwardian era as one the artist's most popular works.[2]

Lucas was a Victorian era painter known for his works depicting scenes from British history. The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition of 1884.[3] It was acquired for the National Gallery through the Chantrey Bequest the same year. Today it is in the collection of the Tate Britain.[4]

References

1. The Tate Gallery Collections: British Painting, Modern Painting & Sculpture. The Gallery, 1980. p.74
2. Fea p.10
3. Roe p.33
4. "'After Culloden, Rebel Hunting', John Seymour Lucas, 1884". Tate. Retrieved 2025-01-31.

Bibliography

• Fea, Allan. J. Seymour Lucas, Royal Academician. Virtue & Company, 1908.
• Roe, Frederic Gordon. Victorian Corners: The Style and Taste of Era. Allen & Unwin, 1968.