It is a short,double-breasted with stand collar waistcoat I made two years ago (and posted somewhere here in XMTS). It was made based upon 1790s patterns of waistcoats, however I have not seen many tartan ones of this period.
Ah, thanks to Wikipedia, I know rather more about David Allan, now! Here's the whole painting...I hope this isn't so large as to blow up everybody's screens.
If you're looking for portraits of unknowns, this isn't it. Neil Gow, seated with the fiddle, was like a rock star at the time.
Natan Easbaig Mac Dhòmhnaill, FSA Scot
Past High Commissioner, Clan Donald Canada
“Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we, in dreams, behold the Hebrides.” - The Canadian Boat Song.
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