We just made available yet another historic tartan reference -- all sixty-nine tartans from The Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland, by William and Andrew Smith, c. 1850, have been uploaded to our resources page:
http://resources.scottishtartans.org

This was illustrated using the same machine-painting method that was pioneered with the Vestiarium Scoticum eight years earlier. The Smith brothers insistence on providing authentication for the tartans included in their work (be it from a current clan chief, tartan manufacturer, or general wont and usage) indicates that even at this early time, the VS was generating controversy and doubt as to its legitimacy.

As a teaser, here are some of the tartans illustration in this important work.