Originally Posted by
Glen
Interesting. It would be great to see a painting with these...
Here's a painting, 1854
and the famous 1855 photograph
which it's hard to see here, but in large clear versions of it you can clearly see that the coatee is tartan, Black Watch tartan, contrasting with the Royal Stewart kilt & plaid. Even today the pipers of The Black Watch have both tartans in their uniform: the piper's kilts and plaids are Royal Stewart tartan, their bag-covers and cords are Black Watch tartan, and the front drone ribbon is Royal Stewart tartan but the back drone ribbon is Black Watch tartan.
Last edited by OC Richard; 2nd March 13 at 08:29 PM.
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