pre-1800 Highlander portraits

[OC Richard]

I did remove the Lord George Murray copyist painting with imaginary Highland dress from my list.

It really has to be put with all the Bonnie Prince Charlie paintings in fantasy Highland outfits.

The only paintings that have any hope of being accurate records of Highland Dress are portraits done from life of subjects who were wearing Highland outfits as they stood before the artist.

Also suspicious is the exceedingly strange anatomy in the John Campbell painting.

Dodgy anatomy is the red flag which signals the difference between the respected artist painting a subject from life, and the anonymous copyist.

(Witness the strange legs on the Lord George Murray copyist painting, which are front-on, while his body is at a 3/4 angle, and the oddly flat kilt which hides the juncture. Try standing with your hips straight-on but with your entire upper body at a 3/4 view, it's quite unnatural.)