Quote Originally Posted by Lachlan09 View Post
It's possible as you say about the revelers in the painting, but of course Niel and Donald Gow certainly weren't any sort of gentry.
They wern't but they were certainly well regarded and supported which may have been a factor as may the fact hat the Duke of Atholl was one of the major movers in getting the Repeal Act passed and so no doubt would have been supportive of a local man.