David_Stewart_of_Garth,_by_James_Montgomery_Scrymgeour,_c._1820.jpg
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English:
Maj.-Gen.
David Stewart of Garth
(1772–1829), veteran of the
42nd (Black Watch) Regiment of Foot
, author of
Sketches of the Character, Manner and Present State of the Highlands of Scotland
(1822); instrumental in establishing the modern system Scottish clan tartan, as a co-founder of the Highland Society of London and of the Celtic Society of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; and appointed Governor of Saint Lucia in 1829, where he died of a fever. Painting is oil on canvas, H 57 cm × W 40 cm; c. 1820 (exhibited 1832), by James Montgomery Scrymgeour (1793–1856)
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| Date | c. 1820; certainly no later than 1829 |
| Source | Proximal source: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/major-general-david-stewart-of-garth-d-1829-cb-128461/search/venue:the-black-watch-castle-museum-5911/sort_by/date_earliest/order/asc/page/1/view_as/grid ; ultimate source: Black Watch Castle & Museum, in Perth and Kinross (formerly at the Malcolm Innes Gallery until 1988) |
| Author | Creator:James Montgomery Scrymgeour |
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