GrantPiper.JPG
Summary
Richard Waitt : Piper to the Laird of Grant | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Depicted person: William Cummimg (c. 1687 - c. 1723)
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Date | 1714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 2,130 mm (83.8 in)
; width: 1,540 mm (60.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+2130U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,+1540U174789
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Collection |
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Accession number |
H.OD 69 and 000-000-579-757-C
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National Museums Scotland
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Notes | John Telfer Dunbar notes that the carefully painted tartan of the piper's belted plaid is unlike any Grant pattern known today. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
References | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://web.archive.org/web/20160326102926/http://keithmusic.com/Britishpipes.html |
Licensing
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