Image: 1815-kilt-curiosity
Description: French illustration titled "Le prétexte." A humorous caricature depicting Scottish soldiers, wearing kilts, leaning forward to inspect items for sale. Behind them, two well-dressed Parisian women use the pretext of playing with a child or tying a shoe in order to lean over and peek beneath the soldier's kilts. Caption in scan source (not the original 1815 caricature caption) was Der Vorwand ("the pretext").
Title: 1815-kilt-curiosity
Credit: A multicolor version of this caricature was published in "Tartan: Romancing the Plaid" ISBN 978-0-8478-4556-9 p. 88-89; An original is housed at the British Museum [1]
Author: Published by Aaron Martinet (1762 - 1841)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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