The Highland Wedding, 1780 by David Allen

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

David Allan
Highland Wedding at Blair Atholl1780
The tartan worn in this picture was done so illegally, for highland dress had been proscribed after the Jacobite rising of 1745 in an Act not repealed until 1782.

http://www.nationalgalleries.org/col...Allan&submit=1

It has been suggested that the gentleman taking a pinch of snuff is none other than Atholl, himself. Although technically illegal, by the time this was painted there was little interest in enforcing the Act of Proscription.

[Dixiecat]

It has been suggested that the gentleman taking a pinch of snuff is none other than Atholl, himself. Although technically illegal, by the time this was painted there was little interest in enforcing the Act of Proscription.

As evidenced by the presence of a soldier seated with a lady in the right of the painting.


(At least I assume he's a soldier with the red coat and all)