C1845

Macalister.

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Scarce c.19th hand coloured lithograph depicting a member of the MacAlister clan in the clans tartan. He is standing looking forlorn with one foot on a crate marked: “J. MacAlister Passenger Canada” indicating emigration to Canada. The original MacAlister Clan lands … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Macalister.

Date:

C1845

Artist:

Robert Ronald McIan (1803 - 1856)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Lithograph with original hand colouring and gum Arabic highlights.

Image Size:

250mm

x 330mm

Paper Size:

266mm

x 370mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1845

Description:

Scarce c.19th hand coloured lithograph depicting a member of the MacAlister clan in the clans tartan.

He is standing looking forlorn with one foot on a crate marked: “J. MacAlister Passenger Canada” indicating emigration to Canada. The original MacAlister Clan lands were in Kintyre and seat was on the north-west side of West Loch Tarbert, the narrow neck of land with Loch Fyne on the far side. It was later established at Loup. The lands of Amod in Glen Barr were rented from the Crown by Alexander MacAllister of Loup in 1541.

During this period landowners in the Outer Hebrides, in particular, used subsidised emigration programs to address ongoing famine. Highland crofters faced high rents and little legal protection, with many being forced off their land to make way for more profitable sheep farming.

From: Logan, J. The Clans of The Scottish Highlands, published in 1845 on the centenary of the Jacobite Rising.

References:
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790 to 1860. Folkstone 1973 :: 322.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England. London 1953:: 426.

Collections:
Royal Collection Trust UK: RCIN 5000049
V & A, Victoria & Albert Museum: Library number 38041800874612

Robert Ronald McIan (1803 - 1856)

Scottish painter best known for depictions of Scottish clansmen, their battles and domestic life. He taught himself to paint while acting and began exhibiting his work in the 1830s. His art focused on Scottish folklore and history, culminating in his most notable work, a series of illustrations for, The Clans of the Scottish Highlands. He worked closely with writer James Logan on The Clans of the Scottish Highlands and a sequel, Gaelic Gatherings: Or The Highlanders at Home, on the Heath, the River and the Loch (1848). The former was a comprehensive illustrated work on Scottish clans with descriptive histories and was dedicated to Queen Victoria. McIan's vivid and detailed lithographs of clan tartans and costumes fanned the romantic revival of interest in Gaeldom.

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