Death Mask of Prince Charles Edward Stuart West Highland Museum This bronze death mask is thought to be a copy of an original made by Bernardina Lucchesi, one of a family of modellers in Rome. It was brought to Scotland by Lucchesi in 1839, and was handed down through...
Lord Lovat’s Spectacles West Highland Museum These round, tortoiseshell spectacles with a leather case are said to have belonged to Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, (1667 – 1747). Chief of Clan Fraser, he was a Jacobite who was nicknamed the ‘Old Fox’ for his...
Montrose’s HelmetWest Highland Museum This trooping helmet belonged to James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose (1612 – 1650). Montrose was a Scottish nobleman, poet and soldier. He initially joined the Covenanters in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, but...
Whisky Still West Highland Museum This whisky still has a mysterious history. It was found abandoned anonymously on the steps of the museum in the 1920s. The damage was caused by some over-zealous excisemen (or tax collectors) who were determined to make sure that the...
Print by D Y CameronWest Highland Museum This detailed print was made by the prominent Scottish artist and etcher Sir D Y Cameron (1865 – 1945). To create this print, D Y Cameron used ‘The Strange Plate’, a copper plate made in 1746 and intended to print bank...
