Resonances of the so-called "Rob Roy" tartan?

[Pipersson]

Hi Guys,

as far as I know Niel Gow wears a historic form of Gow tartan called Gow portrait...

https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...tails?ref=1473

Modern Gow
https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...tails?ref=1472

Gow Hunting (Smith)
https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...tails?ref=1474

The modern Smith tartan has an azur blue line instead of the thin dark blue in Gow Hunting.

The Gow Tartan contains red, green and blue. Rob Roy is red and black only.
No black in Gow tartan.

Greetings, Tom (Gow)

[Old Building Prof]

Hi Guys,

as far as I know Niel Gow wears a historic form of Gow tartan called Gow portrait...

https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...tails?ref=1473

Modern Gow
https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...tails?ref=1472

Gow Hunting (Smith)
https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...tails?ref=1474

The modern Smith tartan has an azur blue line instead of the thin dark blue in Gow Hunting.

The Gow Tartan contains red, green and blue. Rob Roy is red and black only.
No black in Gow tartan.

Greetings, Tom (Gow)

I refer you to the picture above in the first post, which is a portrait from life in the Scottish National Gallery by Sir Henry Raeburn. Thanks.

[Pipersson]

I recommend to read the description in the Gow Portrait Link. There you find further informations...
Thanks!

[Old Building Prof]

I recommend to read the description in the Gow Portrait Link. There you find further informations...
Thanks!

OK? Here is the link to the National Gallery description:

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/ar...t-and-composer

I really don't see any pink or green.

[figheadair]

OK? Here is the link to the National Gallery description:

https://www.nationalgalleries.org/ar...t-and-composer

I really don't see any pink or green.

The reference to pink is very strange and I can only assume was the writer's impression of the shade of red used in the portrait. Having studied the original I can confirm that the pattern is red, blue and green.

[Old Building Prof]

Ah, it may well have different colors in real life. I haven't seen it. It sure looks black and red to me in the digital repro. At any rate, it sure doesn't look like the links to the Gow tartans inserted above to me.

Anyway, back to the original point, it seems Jacobites, and anti-Jacobites, and even North American fur traders used the "Rob Roy" tartan.

[figheadair]

Ah, it may well have different colors in real life. I haven't seen it. It sure looks black and red to me in the digital repro. At any rate, it sure doesn't look like the links to the Gow tartans inserted above to me.

Anyway, back to the original point, it seems Jacobites, and anti-Jacobites, and even North American fur traders used the "Rob Roy" tartan.

Indeed, and the reason is simple at two-fold: Firstly, it's a red tartan which in 18th century terms was a sign of status because of the cost of the imported dye-stuff; secondly,
being a simple check it's much easier to use for clothing with minimal waste when trying to match the pattern.