William Hogarth exhibition opens in Derby after museum appeal

An exhibition of the works of 18th Century painter and satirist William Hogarth has opened.

The exhibition, entitled Hogarth's Britons: Succession, Patriotism, and the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, is being shown at Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

Derby Museum said it hoped the display would provide a cultural boost to the city.

In all, the exhibition includes 40 of Hogarth's works, as well as those of some of his contemporaries.

Lucy Bamford, senior curator of fine art at the museum, previously said: "The exhibition focuses on Hogarth's response to the long-running threat posed by the Jacobites; in particular the Jacobite Rising of 1745.

"In a campaign to topple the Hanoverian King George II, the Jacobite army, led by the 'young pretender' Charles Stuart, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', marched south from Scotland to Derby, where the decision was taken to retreat rather than march on to London.

"It was a pivotal moment that decided the course of British history."

The free-to-enter exhibition will run until 4 June and is supported by the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery in London.