Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
The man on the left might have a doublet with standing military collar. . . The board makes me think that this might be a group of Highland Dancers.

I was thinking the man on the far left was wearing a "piper's" doublet too. It appears that both of them on the left are wearing piper's plaids, so less likely that those two are dancers. Also, none seem to be wearing dancing shoes, though I have no idea if Highland dancers at this point were wearing same/similar shoes as today.

You could be correct about them being dancers but when I first looked at the pic you posted on BDBF, I took it for granted they were pipers. Boards were commonly used for piping competitions and it seems even most older pics I have seen of dancers, they were on elevated platforms. Pipers of the period usually seem to have worn the drummer's plaids with these dress doublets, as did the dancers.

Cool pic. Thanks for sharing it.