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He took the count from a manuscript account book in the National Museum of Scotland
The tartan was first published in the Vestiarium Scoticum in 1842
There apparently is a sample in the Highland Society of London Collection
black and green plaid which was woven by over sixty weavers in Strathspey
Lord Darnley
GOW (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'I' He took the count fromA tartan very similar to this can be seen in a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn of Niel Gow (1717 1807) the famous Perthshire fiddler (see http: www. dunkeldcathedral. org. uk 55 history visitors 228 niel gow). Possibly the basis for the design of later tartans. The Gows or MacGowans were associated with the MacDonalds and the Clan Chattan. Gow is Gaelic for Smith meaning blacksmith. Gow's father was a 'plaid weaver' (Sutton Carr). There apparently is a
