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Image: Glasgow Green, c.1758 (Black Watch) detail 1

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Description: Detail from a painting showing a battalion of Black Watch recruits raised for service in North America being reviewed. It hangs in the regimental museum at Balhousie Castle in Perth. This section shows a musket volley being fired from the front of the column. The two most prominent spires are those of the Merchants' Hall (left) and St. Andrews Church (right).
Title: Glasgow Green, c.1758 (Black Watch) detail 1
Credit: photograph of painting in Black Watch Regimental Museum (oil on canvas, 1758, H 58 x W 149 cm, gift from the Sergeants' Mess, The Black Watch Depot, 1947)
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Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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