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Line Up, Boys!

British Army Recruitment Poster from the Great War.

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Black Watch Celebration

The Black Watch celebrating the New Year during the Great War.

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Kenneth MacKenzie & Thomas Mackenzie

Kenneth MacKenzie and Thomas MacKenzie. Kenneth MacKenzie and Thomas MacKenzie as portrayed in watercolour by Kenneth MacLeay RSA and published in The Highlanders of Scotland.

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Highland Dress in the Thirty Years’ War

The Stettin Print of 1631 depicting four Scottish mercenaries in the service of the Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus during the Thirty Years’ War.

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John Lamont and William McHardie

John Lamont and William McHardie as portrayed in watercolour by Kenneth MacLeay RSA in the monumental XIX Century work on Highland Dress, The Highlanders of Scotland.

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R. R. McIan’s Buchanan

A Highlander in Buchanan tartan in a XIX century engraving by McIan, from James Logan’s “The Clans of the Scottish Highlands”, 1845. Robert Ronald McIan (1803 – 13 Dec 1856), also Robert Ranald McIan,...

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Donald Stewart and Charles Duncan

Donald Stewart and Charles Duncan. Donald Stewart and Charles Duncan as portrayed in watercolour by Kenneth MacLeay RSA and published in The Highlanders of Scotland.

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Your King & Country Need You

Recruitment poster for the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in France (1914) from the Great War.

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48th Highlanders

Recruitment poster for 48th Highlanders (Canada): 1200 men wanted at once for the 134th Highlanders Overseas Battalion; First World War. Camp flag of the 48th Highlanders of Canada. Regimental Colours...

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Join the 73rd Now

Recruitment poster for the Royal Highlanders of Canada; First World War.

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Come Now!

Recruitment poster for the 173rd Overseas Battalion, Canadian Highlanders; First World War.

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Kilt Apron

Black Watch officers c. 1914/15; The Black Watch Museum; Bob Marrion Collection. Notice the protective kilt aprons, with pockets to replace the sporran.

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The Birth of a Blade

I have commissioned Adriaan Gerber to forge a new sgian dubh (Scots-Gaelic “black knife”; a small Scottish knife most often worn as part of Highland Dress, tucked into the hose on the outside of the...

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Finished Sgian Dubh

Adriaan Gerber emailed today to announce the completion of my long-awaited sgian dubh. Here are two photos of the new knife and its leather sheath. The newly-created sgian dubh. The hamon is clearly...

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John Chisholm, Colin Stewart Cameron & John Cameron

John Chisholm, Colin Stewart Cameron & John Cameron. John Chisholm, Colin Stewart Cameron, and John Cameron as depicted in Kenneth McLeay’s work, The Highlanders of Scotland. The post John...

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Neil MacLeod & Murdoch MacNeill

Neil MacLeod & Murdoch MacNeill. Portrait of Neil MacLeod and Murdoch MacNeill by Kenneth MacLeay RSA and collected in The Highlanders of Scotland. The post Neil MacLeod & Murdoch MacNeill...

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Farquhar MacDonald & Lachlan MacDonald

Farquhar MacDonald & Lachlan MacDonald. Farquar MacDonald and Laclan MacDonald as portrayed by Kenneth MacLeay RSA in the masterpiece of XIX Century Highland Dress, The Highlanders of Scotland. The...

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Archibald McIntosh & Alexander McIntosh

Archibald McIntosh & Alexander McIntosh. Archibald McIntosh and Alexander McIntosh as depicted by Kenneth MacLeay RSA in the monumental work on the subject of Highland Dress, The Highlanders of...

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Donald Gordon

Donald Gordon. A certain Donald Gordon as portrayed by Kenneth MacLeay in his work The Highlanders of Scotland. The post Donald Gordon appeared first on Eccentric Bliss.

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John Brown

John Brown. Hey Mr. Brown!  Your glengarry is running away.  Quick catch it!  Portrait by Kenneth MacLeay and published in The Highlanders of Scotland. The post John Brown appeared first on Eccentric...

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Charles MacHardy & John Michie

Charles MacHardy & John Michie. Men of Sir Charles Forbes. Strathdon, Aberdeenshire. Charles MacHardy & John Michie as portrayed in the mid-XIX Century Victorian masterwork The Highlanders of...

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A Recent Photo of Your Curator

Christian Clay Columba Campbell in kilt, next to car. The post A Recent Photo of Your Curator appeared first on Eccentric Bliss.

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