MacAn of Lurgyvallan (Portrait) Tartan
- Name of Tartan:
- MacAn of Lurgyvallan (Portrait)
- ITI Number:
- 1155
- Category:
- Portrait/Artefact
- Designer / Source:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1831?
- Slog:
- KRG:RGR
- Colour Sequence:
- KRGRGKNKYKABAKYKNKGRGRGRGRGRGKNKYKABAKYKNKGRGR
- Thread Count:
- K4 R4 G4 R48 G16 K4 LN4 K4 Y4 K4 A24 B16 A24 K4 Y4 K4 LN4 K4 G16 R4 G4 R4 G4 R64 G4 R4 G4 R4 G16 K4 LN4 K4 Y4 K4 A24 B16 A24 K4 Y4 K4 LN4 K4 G16 R48 G4 R4
- Notes:
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The portrait of ‘Captain Macan of Lurgyvallan painted and presented to him by his sincere friend William MacKenzie, 24th Oct. 1831’ was recently sold at auction in London. The date of "recently" is not recorded but the watercolour measured 10 by 7 inches.It shows the subject wearing a chief’s 3 eagle feathers. No such clan, tartan or chief ever existed but the tartan shows a relationship to MacLean of Duart. Editorial note: it is difficult to understand how such a complex sett could be read from A 10 × 7 watercolour !! The only documented reference to a Lurgvallan states that it is in the southern part of County Armagh, Ireland.
