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Scottish soldier, wife, and child in the 1740s. According to Dunbar and Mackay Scobie, the original title of this print, translated into English, is
A Scottish Highlander with His Wife in the Campaign
(referring to the Rhine campaign). Given the date conflict (see below), it is unclear whether that means Rhine campaign of 1713 during the War of the Spanish Succession, or Rhine campaign of 1748 during the War of the Austrian Succession. The first formal Highland regiment of the British Army was formed in 1739, but this is rather meaningless, as some of the independent Highland companies (militia units, which date back to 1609) also acted as mercenary units on the continent. At any rate, the filename on Commons is confusing and misleading; this is not a Clan Munroe Highland soldier and wife, it's an unknown Highland soldier and wife as published in R. W. Munro.
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| Date | 1754, or possibly as early as 1717–1739 |
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Proximate source: http://www.scottishtartans.co.uk/Musings_on_the_arisaid_and_other_female_dress.pdf ...which in turn cites "Munro, R. W. Highland Clans & Tartans . Octopus Books. London 1977". However, J. T. Dunbar's History of Highland Dress (1939), p. 172 (which identified the artist), relying on I. H. Mackay Scobie in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Resesarch , vol. XX), provides an earlier date range. Regardless, originally published in the 1700s. |
| Author | Martin Engelbrecht |
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