18th Century Material Culture
Bagpipes
Artwork
A Highland Piper in His Regimentals
by G. Bickham 1743
(National Museums of Scotland)
Rural Life, Plate 1
by C. Corbutt (Richard Purcell) after Phillipe Mercier
(Ex.Collection.: Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd)
The Bagpiper
by Paul Sandby 1746
Lord and Lady Louisa Lennox, their 25th Regiment of Foot, with Fort St. Philip & Port Mahon in the Background
by Giuseppe Ignacio Maria Chiesa c. 1771
(National Army Museum)
Lady Louisa Lennox with Her Husbands Regiment, the 25th Regiment of Foot
with Lord Lennox beside Her, and Fort St. Philip, Port Mahon, in the Background
by Giuseppe Ignacio Maria Chiesa c. 1771
The Highland Dance
by David Allen c. 1780
(Private Collection)
A Highland Dance
by David Allen 1780
(Scottish National Gallery)
Extant
Bagpipes
European (Likely French) Bagpipes
c. 1730 - 1740
(Colonial Williamsburg)
Irish Bagpipe (Musette)
Mid - 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Bagpipe Mouthpiece
Attributed to H.M. 71st Regiment of Foot
Found at Savannah
Irish Bagpipe Chanter
18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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