Atholl Highlanders & the Duke come to Athol, Massachusetts!

[OC Richard]

About the hose, you're right, the pipers seem to always wear red & white diced hose while modern images of the Atholl Highlanders soldiers show red hose.

But it wasn't always so; the Atholl Highlander shown in The Highlanders of Scotland is wearing plain brown hose.

The photo linked to here is interesting, because someone has altered the portrait from The Highlanders of Scotland to make this fellow's hose red. (I have a large print of the original painting in front of me. In the original the hose are clearly brown. Brown and grey hose seemed to be the most popular at that time.)
http://www.blairatholl.org.uk/attrac...ollection.html

[creagdhubh]

About the hose, you're right, the pipers seem to always wear red & white diced hose while modern images of the Atholl Highlanders soldiers show red hose.

But it wasn't always so; the Atholl Highlander shown in The Highlanders of Scotland is wearing plain brown hose.

The photo linked to here is interesting, because someone has altered the portrait from The Highlanders of Scotland to make this fellow's hose red. (I have a large print of the original painting in front of me. In the original the hose are clearly brown. Brown and grey hose seemed to be the most popular at that time.)
http://www.blairatholl.org.uk/attrac...ollection.html

Donald MacBeath, Atholl Highlander and one of the most reproduced images of a Highland man/soldier.

Cheers,

[OC Richard]

Donald MacBeath, Atholl Highlander and one of the most reproduced images of a Highland man/soldier.

Cheers,

I'm a little outraged that somebody would alter the colours in one of the portraits from The Highlanders of Scotland.

I feel a bit like Brigadier General James Maitland Stewart did when they "colorized" It's a Wonderful Life.

[creagdhubh]

I'm a little outraged that somebody would alter the colours in one of the portraits from The Highlanders of Scotland.

I feel a bit like Brigadier General James Maitland Stewart did when they "colorized" It's a Wonderful Life.

Superb analogy, Richard! I couldn't agree with you more!

Cheers,