Highland
Jacobites
These modern images have been meticulously researched and drawn. They
show a Highland soldier and a Highland officer of the Jacobite army. Although
Highlanders are traditionally shown carrying broadswords and targes, many
of those at Culloden would have been armed with muskets similar to that
shown here. Many officers wore tartan trews rather than a kilt, as they
were more comfortable for riding. Remind pupils that there were many Jacobite
soldiers from the Lowlands as well, who would not have worn tartan. Pupils
can:
discuss
the benefit of the kilt (doesn’t get wet when moving - over long
grass or heather; warm even when wet)- talk about the different weapons shown; the advantage of guns - over hand to hand weapons
- the white cockades seen on the blue bonnets
- where modern artists get their sources from – in this case a - combination of looking at contemporary images and descriptions.
- compare these soldiers with parallel images of soldiers in the - Government army
These pictures are from a wonderful book Like Hungry Wolves: Culloden Moor , 16 April 1746 by Stuart Reid with illustrations by Gerry Embleton, Windrow and Green 1994. They are reproduced here with kind permission from the publishers.
