MacKinnon

Category

Library Item

Item no

13151

Title

MacKinnon

Description

A man dressed in the Mackinnon tartan is seen standing with a bow and arrow. He is obviously engaged in archery practice as a quiver of arrows and a target is nearby.He is wearing a kilt, black velvet jacket, sporran, hose and shoes. His sword is lying on the ground beside him.

Artist / maker

McIan, Robert Ronald

Engraver

Bosley, W.

Date

1845

Size

34.7 x 24.5 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The accompanying text in 'The Clans of the Scottish Highlands' by James Logan begins as follows:
"SLIOCHD FHIONNON, NO MAC 'IONNON - THE MACKINNONS

Are of Royal descent, being a branch of the great Clan Alpin; and the family historians derive them from Fingon, or Findon, Grandson of Gregor, whose father was the celebrated Kenneth MacAlpin, King of Scotland. This ancestor lived about the year 900, but the name as we understand it, is one of the most ancient among the Gaël. The old chroniclers have made Findanus of it; and the poetical imaginations of the disciples of bardism have rendered the modern appellation, Mac Ionmhuinn, the son of love!"

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Clothing and dress > Accessories > Hosiery

Clothing and dress > Accessories > Shoes

Clothing and dress > Accessories > Sporrans

Clothing and dress > Garments > Kilts

Clothing and dress > Textiles > Tartan

Military > Arms and armament > Daggers and swords

Sport and leisure > Activities > Archery

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