early kilts with pleats in front?

[timemeddler]

Came across this image today, an it does look like there was some sort of pleating in the front of this 1750 ish painting which is the first I heard of anyone outside of the original utility kilt doing this. So I did a quick internet search and didn't find much on the subject. I know this is definitely not how kilts are now, but in an historical context, was this actually a thing? clan.com mentions one of the changes between great kilts and the small kilt is the pleats were moved back, but this doesn't look like a great kilt to me.
https://clan.com/help/kilts-origins-...21st-centuries