# Portrait of General James Masterson [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [KAUFFMANN, Angelica]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas, painted oval, 76 x 64 cm ## Commentary General James Masterson \(1715-77\) is portrayed bust-length, wearing a red coat. He served with the Hanoverian army during the defeat at the Battle of Falkirk to the Jacobites in 1746, he became an aide-de-camp and confidant to Prince William, Duke of Cumberland \(1721-1765\). By 1761 Masterson had risen to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and became Deputy Adjutant-General for Ireland. His military career continued to flourish, and he retired in 1762 with the rank of General, and continued a political career as MP for Stirling Burghs in 1768. ## Related artworks - [Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus on Naxos]() - [Bacchus and Ariadne]() - [Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing]() - [Portrait of a Woman as a Vestal Virgin]() - [Portrait of a Woman Dressed as Vestal Virgin]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [Portrait of a Young Woman]() - [Portrait of Charles Brudenell-Bruce]() - [Portrait of Henrietta Maria Hill]() - [Portrait of John Apthorp and His Daughters]() - [Portrait of Prince Stanislaus Poniatowski]() - [Self-Portrait]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()