The 18th century Jacobite court in Scotland

Figure 2.1. John Pettie (Scottish), Bonnie Prince Charlie Entering the Ballroom at Holyroodhouse, before April 30, 1892, oil on canvas, 158.8 x 114.3 cm, Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 401247, source: RCT.

Great Ball of Holyrood, 1745

Margaret Oliphant of Gask’s dress

Figure 2.2. Woman’s dress of cream-coloured corded silk, British, possibly dating from the 1730s. Said to have been worn by Margaret Oliphant of Gask at the Great Ball of Holyrood after the Battle of Prestonpans, 1745. The stomacher seen in the above images is a modern substitute for the missing original. Collection of National Museums Scotland.

Ball at Culloden House, 1746

Katherine Gray Houston’s dress

Figure 2.3. Maker unknown, Silk brocade dress, c. 1710 (altered 1740s, 1780s, 1880s), private collection, source: Highland Threads.

Figure 2.4. Artist unknown (Italian), Portrait of the Marchioness Angela Maria Lombardi, c. 1710, oil on canvas, 40 15/16 x 31 7/8 in. (104 x 81 cm), The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 37.400, source: The Walters.

Figure 2.5. Two ladies attired in mantuas. Artist unknown (English), Two Ladies and an Officer Seated at Tea [cropped], c. 1715, oil on canvas, 25.5 x 21.25 in., Victoria and Albert Museum, London, P.51-1962, source: V&A.

Figure 2.6. Arthur Devis (English), Alicia Maria Carpenter, Countess of Egremont, 1745, oil on canvas, 24 1/8 x 16 5/8 (61.3 x 42.2 cm), Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, 1940.10, source: FAMSF.