Historic Painting Thread

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

The Griffing prints are nice, but are modern renditions of the artist's concept of period dress. Therefore, not nearly as valuable as actual period images for research purposes.
His painting entitled "The Jacobite" for example: it shows a highlander with an "upper crust" clansman's weapons - fine fowling piece and basket-hilt sword - standing there in nothing more than shirtsleeves and a belted plaid. The poorest of the poor might appear in such limited dress, but certainly not a highland gent who could afford such weaponry. In other words, this painting is highly inaccurate, and gives a false impression of actual period dress.
A thread like this should be limited to truely "historic" images from the period, not modern interpretations. N. C. Wyeth illustrations from "Kidnapped" would be another example of gorgeous - but not necessarily historic - renderings. Likewise all of those famous - but highly suspect - McIan prints....

I know where you are coming from, but frankly I think there is a great deal to be learned from the discussions that you and others have regarding the inaccuracies of some of the modern painting. These exchanges often bring out tidbits of knowledge that might otherwise be by-passed in the assumption that something is self-evident in an historically accurate painting.

Besides, they are great eye candy!