'An exact view of the Battle of Culloden, fought on the 16th April 1746'

Engraving by and published by B Cole, at the Corner of King's Head, Holborn, London, 1746 (c).

This engraving depicts The Duke of Cumberland's victory over Charles Edward Stuart, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', grandson of the exiled King James II, and his Jacobite army at Culloden in Scotland on 16 April 1746.

Culloden ended the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-1746. Convinced that harsh measures were required to suppress the rising, Cumberland's treatment of his beaten enemy was ruthless. His men searched cottages for rebels, seized livestock and burned homesteads, earning their commander the nickname 'Butcher'.