vintage Highland gentleman stylE Photographs

Curated vintage Highland gentleman kilts, Highland bonnets, and sporran styles are the cornerstone of our collection. We take pride in presenting a diverse selection of vintage and antique Highland dress photographs, each capturing a unique glimpse into history. From elegant studio portraits reflecting the Victorian and Edwardian eras to candid snapshots frozen in time at early 20th-century Highland Games and gatherings, our curated assortment brings the rich heritage of Scottish Highland attire to life.

These sporrans make a wonderful reference source, showcasing a wide range of styles from the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Included are simple brown leather 18th-century designs, a variety of full mask otter and badger head sporrans, as well as full dress goat hair and horse hair sporrans adorned with silver cantles. These pieces are often seen alongside Scottish dirks, powder horns, and baldric crossbelts. Please note that the photos displayed are not available for purchase, as they are curated from our collection and contributions from clients worldwide. Our team has meticulously restored many of these images to recover lost details and preserve their historical essence.

CdV (Carte de visite) was a type of small photograph patented in Paris by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, though first utilized by Louis Dodero. These photographic cards, each the size of a visiting card, became popular amongst friends and visitors exchanging them in the 1860s. However, their reign was short-lived as by the early 1870s, "cartes de visite" were replaced by larger "cabinet cards," also typically albumen prints but mounted on cardboard backs.

Circa 1880's Victorian gentleman sporting diced hose and kilt ribbon style

Fletcher Norton Menzies (1819 - 1905) in a fine goats hair sporran with clan - personal crest

Circa 1870's Victorian gentleman sporting diced hose and his faithful friend at his feet

Circa 1860-70's Victorian gentleman sporting tartan hose and dirk

Victorian CDV of Colonel Ewan Henry Davidson MacPherson

Circa 1870's Victorian gentleman sporting what appears to be a Aberdeen Rifle Volunteers sporran

Gentleman circa 1870's in full highland dress

Gentleman circa 1870's in highland dress

Edwardian champion bagpiper Robert Ireland

Gentleman circa 1870's in full highland dress

A young Highland gentleman circa 1890's

A Highland gentleman circa 1870's in full highland dress

Circa 1890's Victorian gentleman sporting what appears to be a Aberdeen Rifle Volunteers sporran

Victorian High Society Highland Dress Wedding Attire

Victorian CDV of a gentleman with fine kilt hose

19thC tweed jacket with matching kilt

Victorian CDV taken in Huntly circa 1870 with what appears to be Aberdeen Rifle Volunteers sporran

Victorian CDV of a gentleman with a fine badge full mask sporran circa 1880

An Aberdeen photograph of a Victorian gentleman in a fine velvet jacket

Victorian CDV of a Highland gentleman with a circa 1880

Victorian CDV of a Highland gentleman with his dog a circa 1860-70

Highland day dress with spats and a classic Pine Marten sporran circa 1875

Victorian clan chief circa 1870 CDV photograph taken in Edinburgh.

Taken in a London studio - A mid Victorian ( circa 1865 ) CDV of a gentleman with full tartan jacket

1890’s kilt style with Pine Marten sporran

Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly (b.1847)

Inverness Clan chief CDV photo showing a fine otter full mask sporran

John Brown as photograph by Cornelius Jabez Hughes

Thought to be William Brown in the same style as his brother John Brown

A Victorian studio CDV of a gentleman in Highland country tweed style

A gentleman in wearing a classic otter sporran circa 1900

Donald Cameron of Locheil 1903 ( The 24th Locheil )

Portrait of MacKenzie of Allangrange

Atholl Highlander with an unusual non regimental sporran

Thought to be George - Stewart Murray 6th Duke of Atholl 1814-64

7th Duke of Atholl John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray

1880's 7th John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray

William Brown and his sons Albert and John Balmoral 1878

Perthshire kilt style circa 1890's

CDV studio photograph of a Highland chief

Circa 1870's kilt and sporran style

A very fine sporran and crossbelt set

Colonel Sir Fitzroy Donald Maclean

Circa 1870 in an original Kilmarnock bonnet

Fine Kilt Hose circa 1890

(William?) Campbell Of Ballochyle taken in London

A fine Scottish Victorian wildcat sporran

William Duff - Atholl Man

Sir Hugh Munro Victorian hill walking legend

An Edwardian photograph of gentleman taken in London

Victorian CDV of an Invercauld Highlander

An interesting 1860's variation on a tweed kilt

The Duchess of York, later Queen Mary, with her children Prince Edward, later the Duke of Windsor (right), and Prince Albert left

Circa 1870 CDV of a Highland gentleman with his dog

John Brown

Colin Ross of Rossie. Perthshire

Circa 1880 Gentleman taken in Montrose

William Duff - Atholl Man

Captain Forbes

1890 Braemar Gathering Francis Clark

Matching tweed kilt and jacket style

1860's Highland country style

Gaelic knots on the kilt

An Edwardian gentleman of Edinburgh with a lot of crossbelt insignia bling

Circa 1880's tweed jacket

Captain Norman Magnus MacLeod of Dunvegan

1950's wedding kilt style

Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet, circa 1914

A Highland gentleman 1860's studio photograph

Mackenzie Murdoch - Scottish Violinist

A London studio CDV of a Highland gentleman

1950'S Kilt country style

Prince George ( Later King George V )

Duke & Duchess of Fife with her brother Prince George ( King George V )

An Edwardian gentleman thought to be in North America

HRH Henry of Battenburg, and son-in-law of Queen Victoria

The future King George V at Abergeldie Castle

19th Century CDV of a gentleman taken in Glasgow

William Duff - Atholl Man

King George VI at the Braemar Gathering 1950 with a leather sporran featuring the Lion Sgt insignia.

This 1940's wedding is has a simpler style.

Circa 1930's - Duke of Montrose, Marquis of Grahame, Earl of Dumfries, Mr Campbell Preston, Lord Ronald Graham is on the far left

Photograph of King Edward VII, second from the left, taken at Glenquoich in 1905. Many people came to Glenquoich estate for shooting, deer stalking and fishing. Glenquoich Lodge itself was lost when a Hydro-Electric dam was built in Loch Quoich in t… — Photograph of King Edward VII, second from the left, taken at Glenquoich in 1905. Many people came to Glenquoich estate for shooting, deer stalking and fishing. Glenquoich Lodge itself was lost when a Hydro-Electric dam was built in Loch Quoich in the 1950s