Portrait of General Wade

Artist Johan van Diest (The Hague, Netherlands, 1695 - 1757)

Associated General Wade

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 64.7 cm, Width: 52 cm
Frame: Height: 88.4 cm, Width: 75.7 cm

AcquisitionAlexander Webster Bequest, 1921.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG003168

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About MeJohn van Diest was from a family of Dutch painters who settled in England. His grandfather, Willem van Diest, a marine painter from The Hague, came to England in 1672 with his son, Adriaen van Diest, a landscape painter. John van Diest who was born in England, may have been a pupil of Kneller.

Field-marshall George Wade, was born Ireland in 1673. He served in Flanders, and Spain. In 1724 Wade was appointed Commander-in-Chief of North Britain and sent to the Highlands and over the next eleven years, was responsible for the building of over 250 miles of roads and forty bridges. He died in 1748 in London.
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Johan van Diest was born into a family of Dutch painters. The sitter is General Wade, who as Commander-in-Chief of North Britain, built forts and roads to subjugate Scotland.