Season 2 Episode 3: A Journey Into Tartan I Glasgow Museums Podcast

Glasgow Museums Podcast

A brilliant discussion on the many twists and turns of tartan, involving an Englishman, rebellions, monarchs and our very own Lord Mungo Murray. Join Rebecca Quinton, Glasgow Museums' Research Manager for Art and Dr Sally Tuckett, Lecturer in History of Art at University of Glasgow as they go a journey. This episode of the Glasgow Museums podcast was recorded August 2020 via Zoom. 07:00 - Description of the painting and the practicalities and status of Highland dress and plaid, use of painting for dress historians 07:00 - 10:00 - How to style a huge piece of tartan plaid 10.15 - 14.00 - How kilts came to be 14:00 - 19:00 - Bonnie Prince Charlie, Jacobite Army and the influence and rebellion of plaid 19:00 - 24:00 - The politics and banning of Highland dress 24:00 - 26:00 - Military use of tartan and how it became a symbol of the Empire 26:00 - 31:00 - Tartan manufacturers, commercialisation and clan tartans 31:00 - 34:00 - Protection of Highland identity and organisation and registering of of clan patterns 34:00 - 42:00 - George IV’s Royal visit to Edinburgh in 1822 and the beginnings of tartan becoming fashionable A Highland Chieftain: Portrait of Lord Mungo Murray (c.1683) by John Michael Wright, was purchased in 2019 thanks to the generous support of the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Art Fund, Friends of Glasgow Museums and National Fund for Acquisitions. Links Lord Mungo Murray, John Michael Wright, Glasgow Museums https://bit.ly/2G2vc0r National Lottery Heritage Fund www.heritagefund.org.uk Art Fund https://www.artfund.org/ National Fund for Acquisitions https://www.nms.ac.uk/about-us/services-and-expertise/national-fund-for-acquisitions/ The Tartan Register https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/index Act of Proscription http://www.tartansauthority.com/tartan/the-growth-of-tartan/the-act-of-proscription-1747/ The Highland Society of London http://highlandsocietyoflondon.org George IV (1762-1830) by Sir David Wilkie (1745 - 1841, Royal Collection) https://bit.ly/2Huu0Ub If you have a spare minute, we'd love to know what you think of this episode! You can share your thoughts here: http://bit.ly/LMMEvaluation