John Brown In Full Highland Dress
Photographer
W & D Downey Photographic Studio
(London, England, 1860 - 1915)
Sitter
John Brown
(Crathie, Scotland, 1826 - 1883)
Date1870s
Object NamePhotograph
Mediumalbumen print
ClassificationsPhotographs
DimensionsOverall: Height: 10.4 cm, Width: 16.6 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1982.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationOn Display - Gallery 09
Object numberABDMS004102
Keywords
In 1746 the British Government introduced the Dress Act which outlawed tartan. This was an attempt to eradicate the military threat the Jacobite clans posed and abolish the identity of the Highland people.
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