Gloves worn by John Graham, Viscount Dundee

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This pair of kid leather gloves is said to have been worn by John Graham, Viscount Dundee.

The cuffs are embroidered with silver wire thread.

The first Jacobite rising was led by John Graham, Viscount Dundee, after James VII had fled London in 1688. Dundee's Jacobite army eventually fought government troops at Killiecrankie in Perthshire in 1689. The Jacobites won but Dundee was killed.

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• Online ID: 000-100-102-947-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  Q.L.1982.1 B
• Date: 17th - 18th century
  17th/18th century
  
• Material: Leather, kid; silver wire thread embroidery
  Gloves
  
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• What: Gloves
  
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• Who: Graham of Morphie
  John Graham of Claverhouse
  
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• Description: Pair of kid leather gloves with cuffs embroidered with silver wire thread, said to have been worn by John Graham of Claverhouse, 17th - 18th century
  
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