I just stumbled acrross this picture on my phone. This Christmas my husbands family decided that it would be fun to hire out a small Scottish Castle which was absolutely amazing. (For the curious it was Castle of Park with a link here and only cost us about £500 a couple for a weeks accommodation which is pretty damn cheap to be able to say, "oh yes, we spent Christmas in a castle last year).
Anyway this print was on the bathroom wall. Regular readers will know how obsessed I am with curious costumes, and a French castle in Scottish dress of an indeterminate (or perhaps non existing) period while she is in 1830s (or at a push late 1920s?) dress is more than I can resist.
Are they going to a fancy dress ball, and if so does that mean she's just wearing a surprisingly authentic different period. Are they on holiday from France or why else would they be French?
And don't even get me started on his clohting. I've NEVER seen anything like it. Is it 16th century(esque), Is that a short kilt of some somrt of pantaloons. So many questions. If you have any theories please share them with the rest of the class.
Is he just a very confused Sir Walter Scott fanatic?
So many questions. If you have any theories please share them with the rest of the class.
