Wright's Chieftain Paintings as Documents of Early Gaelic Dress.

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A very interesting read. The author is clearly more interested and knowledgeable about Irish Dress rather than Highland Dress. There are a couple of errors; firstly, there are 3, not 2, versions of the portrait of Lord Mungo Murray. Secondly, it was the late kilt historian Bob Martin who identified the drawstring in the Murray portrait. That was in the 1990s.

Thanks figheadair--Correct on all counts. While I am aware of the second full length and smaller "helmeted" versions of Mungo Murray, I focused on the cleaner version. Jane Fenlon's research showed two full-lengths owned by the Duke of Ormond, and one of Neill O'Neill. There is a smaller version of Neill O'Neill as well. Perhaps I should have mentioned Bob Martin, who I have corresponded with, but I knew Matthew Newsome had published the drawstring hypothesis, albeit giving credit to Bob Martin. Fair points all--but I was already stretching it for a blog post!