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George Wade

(1673-1748), Field Marshal

Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 6 portraits
Field-Marshal. His early career was distinguished by service as a commander in Flanders and Spain during the War of Spanish Succession. From 1726, he built a series of military roads in Scotland, opening up the most distant parts of the Highlands, and he proceeded with the disarming of the Highland clans. Ironically, however, in 1745 Wade's fine roads actually assisted Bonnie Prince Charlie's Jacobite troops' passage through Scotland. Wade himself headed thirteen batallions who marched north to halt the uprising, but he was outwitted by the Jacobites' tactics, route and speed.

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George Wade, by, published by and sold by John Faber Jr, after  Johan van Diest - NPG D37967

George Wade

by, published by and sold by John Faber Jr, after Johan van Diest
mezzotint, published 1736 (circa 1731)
NPG D37967

George Wade, by and published by John Faber Jr, after  Johan van Diest - NPG D14765

George Wade

by and published by John Faber Jr, after Johan van Diest
mezzotint, published 1736 (circa 1731)
NPG D14765

George Wade, by and published by John Faber Jr, after  Johan van Diest - NPG D19164

George Wade

by and published by John Faber Jr, after Johan van Diest
mezzotint, published 1736 (circa 1731)
NPG D19164

George Wade, by Sir Charles John Holmes, after  Jean Baptiste van Loo - NPG D1707

George Wade

by Sir Charles John Holmes, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
pencil, 6 February 1911
NPG D1707

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