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The tartan was first published in the Vestiarium Scoticum in 1842
and this provides a tenuous connection which might explain the origin of the design
A piece of the MacBean tartan went to the moon and back in Apollo XII in Nov
An early sample of the Black Watch tartan labelled 'Grant' is in the collection of Lt Gen Sir William Cockburn at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow
The pattern books of the weavers
GOW (MODERN) - Tartans beginning with 'I' The tartan was first publishedA tartan very similar to this can be seen in a portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn of Niel Gow (1717 1807) the famous Perthshire fiddler (see http: www. dunkeldcathedral. org. uk 55 history visitors 228 niel gow). Possibly the basis for the design of later tartans. The Gows or MacGowans were associated with the MacDonalds and the Clan Chattan. Gow is Gaelic for Smith meaning blacksmith. Gow's father was a 'plaid weaver' (Sutton Carr). There apparently is a
