Flora MacDonald's dress
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Title
Flora MacDonald's dress
Subject
Jacobite
Description
A framed fragment of cloth decorated with brown sprigged stripes on a cream background. It is mounted on a glazed wooden and silver frame. The piece is said to have been from a dress worn by Flora MacDonald (1722 -1790), heroine of the 1745 Rising. Flora helped the Prince escape while he was on the run from the Hanoverian army in 1746. She obtained permission from her step-father, the head of the local militia, to travel from South Uist to the mainland, accompanied by two servants and a crew of six boatmen. Famously, the Prince was disguised as Betty Burke, her Irish maid. Flora quickly became a celebrated heroine of the Rising and relics associated with her became very collectable.
Creator
Joachim Carlier
Source
1745_rising,objects,jacobite
Date
1672
Contributor
eulac3d
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
8
Date Modified
23/12/2021
Extent
L 76 mm x W 51 mm
Medium
West Highland Museum
Spatial Coverage
find,57.514134531076856,-6.354676187038422;
Europeana
Europeana Data Provider
West Highlands Museum
Europeana Type
TEXT
Physical Object Item Type Metadata
Prim Media
21
Material
wood, glass, paper, cotton
Object Number
2192
Collection
Citation
Joachim Carlier, “Flora MacDonald's dress,” West Highalnds Museum, accessed January 23, 2025, https://whm100.org/omeka/items/show/20.
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