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McIan, Robert Ronald, 1845, Lithograph
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13158
Title
Ross
Description
A man dressed in the Ross tartan is seen sitting on a rock and looking out over a mountainside. He wears a plaid, with sporran, hose and shoes. He carries a sword and pistol.He has been hunting. Two dead ptarmigans lie at his feet.
A man dressed in the Ross tartan is seen sitting on a rock and looking out over a mountainside. He wears a plaid, with sporran, hose and shoes. He carries a sword and pistol.He has been hunting. Two dead ptarmigans lie at his feet.
Artist / maker
McIan, Robert Ronald
Engraver
Aitken, H.
Date
1845
Size
34.7 x 24.5 cm
Type
Lithograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
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Copyright
The accompanying text in 'The Clans of the Scottish Highlands' by James Logan begins as follows: "CLAN ROSICH, NA GILLE ANDRAS Ros is a Celtic word, descriptive of a brow, or point of land, and it is found in the different countries which have been possessed by that race. The name, therefore, as a personal designation, is local, and an individual holding the land, or there residing, was distinguished by the preposition de: hence there must have been individuals of this name in Ireland, Wales, and even England."
The accompanying text in 'The Clans of the Scottish Highlands' by James Logan begins as follows:
"CLAN ROSICH, NA GILLE ANDRAS
Ros is a Celtic word, descriptive of a brow, or point of land, and it is found in the different countries which have been possessed by that race. The name, therefore, as a personal designation, is local, and an individual holding the land, or there residing, was distinguished by the preposition de: hence there must have been individuals of this name in Ireland, Wales, and even England."
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