Historic red tartans?

[Grae]

In portraits of important Campbels some are wearing red tartan. In the first attached photo the kilt appears to be a genuine representation of the subject's kilt.

I was wondering is it?

Could it be the tartan Campbell of Armaddie? Or Cambell of Lochlane?

Or something else altogether.

Another portrait shows another Campbell in a different red tartan ( see second photo) is this genuine representation of historic tartan or artistic license?j

[figheadair]

In portraits of important Campbels some are wearing red tartan. In the first attached photo the kilt appears to be a genuine representation of the subject's kilt.

I was wondering is it?

Could it be the tartan Campbell of Armaddie? Or Cambell of Lochlane?

Or something else altogether.

Another portrait shows another Campbell in a different red tartan ( see second photo) is this genuine representation of historic tartan or artistic license?j

I'm having trouble undersanding what you'e asking.

The portraits are of John of the Bank (Campbell of Ardmaddie) and Campbell of Lochlane respectively. In the former the sitter is wearing a feileadh mor and not a kilt, in the second it's not clear but given the separate plaid one would assme that he's wearing a feileah beag (not a kilt). In each portrait the coats and the plaids differ; the tartan of the plaid in eah is known by the name of the sitter.

As the clothing diesn't survive we can only speculate as to whether the designs actually existed or were artistic licence. Given the clarity of the designs I'm inclined towards the view that the tartans actually existed.

[IsaacW]

Could it be the tartan Campbell of Armaddie? Or Cambell of Lochlane?

To piggy back off of what Mr. MacDonald said, I believe that the tartans you mention above are modern recreations based on these historic portraits