robert burns tartan

[mike_retro]

hi can anyone here help i need to know a bit more of the robert burns tartan
as i going to design a template for printing onto a mug a picture of robert burns but the background needs to be all robert burns tartan my problem is i don't know which tartan to use? also has anyone got a good high resolution image of that tartan that i can use? for the template
i've read as much about robert burns and the tartan here on the forum but im so confused and have google for more info no luck there for me to
so anyone here able to help
thanks Retro_man

[ScotSites]

Did Robert Burns ever wear tartan? I can't recall any pictures of him wearing any or seeing any at the museum or his birthplace in Alloway! I guess there will be those who say 'because he is Scottish he HAS to have a tartan' and I even reckon there will be one! Who am I to stand in the way of continued Brigadoonery? No doubt someone will be along soon to provide the required info soon... but if they do, I for one would like to see evidence to back it up!

[Cadbren]

There is a wee bit here:Clan Burns latch hook rug tartan pattern | jostartanpatterns.com
And I do mean wee. Quite modern though, site claims it dates between 1930 and 1950. Love to know why something that recent doesn't have more information though.
The Burns 'clan' is considered a sept of Clan Campbell.

[mike_retro]

big thanks for all info wasn't robert burns an mason and was he in the edinburgh grand masonic hall george street so would he have worn tartan at anytime whilst living in edinburgh? mabe someone who knows and can give any info here?
i find had to believe robert burns didn't wear some sort of tartan throughout his life there must have been a time he would have worn a tartan somewhere on his journeys
around the scottish local inn mabe an guest at someones wedding
hope more info please

[ScotSites]

Why would being a mason or being in Edinburgh mean he would wear tartan? As I have already said, I haven't seen any picture showing Burns wearing tartan anywhere. People who don't normally wear a kilt in this century might do so at a wedding or other major event, but that doesn't mean they did so back in the 18th century.

The bottom line is, no matter how much you think something must have happened doesn't mean it did... so maybe you need to accept you won't find what you are looking for!

[mike_retro]

well thanks ScotSites i guess i has to be said there's no pic of the great rabbie wearin a tartan kilt as i've search everywhere on google and im getting tired now
oh well if only the great man did and had his portrait done with kilt on.
thanks all

[tig]

just put any tartan on your mug

no one buying it will no any difference