Lot 17: John Sobieski Stolberg Stuart (C. 1795-1872) and

John Sobieski Stolberg Stuart (C. 1795-1872) and Charles Edward Stuart (C. 1799-1880), Scottish ROB ROY, 1704, PL. XVII, PAGE 111; ALASDAIR RUADH OF GLENGARRIE, 1745, PL. XXV, PAGE 127 (DESIGNS FOR VESTIARIUM SCOTICUM (CLAN TARTANS)); Two pen and ink and watercolours; each signed lower left, each titled along the bottom edge, each dated lower right, each with plate numbers and page numbers inscribed in pen and ink upper left and upper right Each sheet sight 17.25" x 11" - 43.8 x 27.9 cm.

Literature:"Articles by Marie Fraser of Canada" taken from the public domain

Note:Sobieski and Edward were brothers that arrived in Scotland C. 1822 claiming to be grandsons of Bonnie Prince Charlie (1720-1788). In 1842, the brothers published their Vestiarium Scoticum which formed the basis for the development of the modern tartan.