McArthur, piper to Ranald MacDonald Esq. of Staffa

The accompanying text in the volume begins as follows: "McArthur was a native of the island of Mull, and was allowed to be well skilled in bagpipe music, having been taught by an excellent preceptor, Macrimmon of Skye. In 1810, the date of the print, he exhibited at the annual competition of pipers in Edinburgh, but failing to carry off the first prize, he refused to accept the second, thereby debarring himself from again appearing before the Highland Society on any similar occasion."