Kilted Soldier Print

[Highland Logan]

From what I understand the print is a dipection of a Highland solider from the 78th Fraser Highlanders during the Seven Years War.

Frank

[BoldHighlander]

From what I understand the print is a dipection of a Highland solider from the 78th Fraser Highlanders during the Seven Years War.

Frank

Yes, I kept going back to my books on the Highlanders of this period (including the excellent two part series "Sons of the Mountains" by Ian Macpherson McCulloch) and while I'd agree that every thing else about the uniform is correct, that the lace upon the regimental coat looks wrong, if the lace is in fact not rectangular (as the 78th wore).
It could be a distortion of the photo but I'd almost swear it looks pointed on the end, like that of the 42nd & 77th of the period. However I could be wrong, and will wait for a better quality picture.

Here's a site of the recreated 78th who have carefully researched & recreated the uniform from documented materials:
http://www.thefraserhighlanders.com/index.html

As an aside there has been an ongoing debate as to rather or not the tartan the 78th wore was red based (as shown) or reddish-brown.

All in all it's a wonderful print, and it's one that I'd be proud to own