In the words of Victorian author, Amelia Murray MacGregor:
Donald Stewart (1827-1909) and Charles Duncan (b. 1826): Demonstrating the informal and formal Highland dress; Stewart wears a kilt of Balmoral tartan, and Duncan a kilt and plaid of Royal Stewart tartan. Stewart wears hosetops rather than socks. In the background a view of the valley of the River Dee.Stewart succeeded John Grant as Head Keeper and Forester in 1874, and retired in 1901. Duncan left the Queen's service in November 1868 to become a forester to the Prince of Wales, at Birkhall. In 1879 he retired with a diseased knee joint, and was pensioned from the following year. As late as 1899 he 'shot as well as ever' and won the annual target shooting competition at Balmoral. In the watercolour he appears to be wearing two shooting medals. Both men had been 'much liked by the Prince Consort' - the supreme praise in the Queen's eyes.
A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of this print will be donated to The Scottish Tartans Authority.
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