Interesting old illustration from the STM (and fun things to do with it...)

[ShaunMaxwell]

Following our recent visit to the Grandfather Mountain Highland games, we traveled to Asheville, Atlanta and Gulfport on our way back to Texas. I made sure we were able to spend a bit of time at the Scottish Tartans Museum, where I had the good fortune to meet Matt Newsome (he recently made a kilt for me, so it was nice to finally the meet the man with whom I'd corresponded).

While making our way through the museum, I came across a small framed image of a kilted man in a style of illustration of which I'm fond. I photographed the image, a spent a bit of time recreating it in an illustration program last night. I'm guessing from the Latin motto that it's something to do with the Order of the Thistle or perhaps one of the Highland regiments, but would appreciate any insights the rabble has to offer.

I've taken a bit of liberty with the color of the tartan and the jacket, but have stayed fairly true to the original otherwise. (Yeah, yeah, I know it's not all period correct, but I still like it.)

Now I just have to come up with an interesting way to use the recreated image. My first crack at it appears below. I added the text of The Repeal:



Can anyone suggest an alternative motto that would be more appropriate? (This is all for the sake of entertaining myself, by the way, so I hope I'm not offending anyone's sensibilities.)

Cheers,

SM