| Evidence: | 'Then there is Mr Brand's lantern and his Highland cloak; and the tale of how he, John Brand, right royally attired in the garb of old Gaul, presented a nosegay of roses to the Queen of the Netherlands.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 27 Nov 1872 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Bridge of Allan | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1850 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | student |
| Religion: | atheist |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
letter to mother, Margaret Stevenson |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Henry Erskine |
| Title: | The Garb of Old Gaul |
| Genre: | song lyric |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16320 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
| Editor: | Bradford Booth | |
| Title: | The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven and London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1994 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 267 | |
| Additional comments: | additional editor Ernest Mehew |
| Citation: | Robert Louis Stevenson, Bradford Booth (ed.), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson (New Haven and London, 1994), 1, p. 267, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16320, accessed: 23 April 2024 | |
| Booth/Mehew footnote page 267 suggests that RLS is referring to the title of the regimental slow march (lyric by Lieut-Gen Sir Harry Erskine Bart), but I think, from the context, the lack of initial capital letters and the use of the word 'royally', that RLS is referring to Sir Walter Scott's well-known promise to George IV that he (the king) would wear the 'garb of old Gaul' (ie the kilt) on his visit to Edinburgh in 1822. |
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