33 GEORGE SQUARE, EDINBURGH, 18th June 1884. MY DEAR LORD ARCHIBALD,– It was not in my power to get to the Museum till yesterday, when I carefully examined the lately discovered sword. That it is in its original condition there can be no doubt. As little doubt can there be that the style of the […]
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John Campbell of the Bank
John Campbell’s diary recounts how the Jacobite army took control of Edinburgh on 17 September 1745. On 1 October, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s secretary informed John Campbell that he had £857 of Royal Bank banknotes and wanted payment for them in gold. Upon failure to comply, the Jacobites would seize property from the Bank and its […]
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Lachlan McPherson & Ewan McPherson
Lachlan McPherson and Ewan McPherson as depicted in watercolour by Kenneth MacLeay RSA and published in the work, The Highlanders of Scotland.
The Gleam of Steel Flashing in Their Faces
Their arms were anciently the Glaymore, or great two-handed sword, and afterwards the two-edged sword and target, or buckler, which was sustained on the left arm. In the midst of the target, which was made of wood, covered with leather, and studded with nails, a slender lance, about two feet long, was sometimes fixed; it […]
Sgt. James Sutherland, Adam Sutherland & Neil MacKay
Sgt. James Sutherland, Adam Sutherland & Neil MacKay as portrayed by Kenneth MacLeay in his masterwork The Highlanders of Scotland.