Lot 145: DAVID MORIER C.1705-1770

MATERIAL/MEDIUM
oil on canvas

full length, mounted on his grey charger, the Battle of Dettingen beyond

52 by 42 cm., 20 1/2 by 16 1/2 in.

John Morant, Brockenhurst Park, Hampshire

On 19th June 1743, King George II joined the 'Pragmatic Army', which comprised British, Hanoverian and Austrian troops. A few days later he led his troops to victory at the Battle of Dettingen, fought in south west Germany, on the north bank of the Main River. This was the last occasion on which a British monarch commanded his troops on the field.