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PAINTINGS

Historical events, genre paintings and more!

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Highland Display of Dancing

British School

19th century

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The Sword Dance

David Cunliffe

1853

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The Gillies' Ball

Egron Sellif Lundgren

1859

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Boy Performing a Sword Dance

James Stephenson Craig

1867

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Scene from the Scottish Highlands

John Kane

1927

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"A Good Sign All Over The World"

Unknown

1963

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"Keepers of the Quaich"

Angel Dominguez

2018

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Highland Dance

Mary Viola Paterson

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Scottish Dancers

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Piper and His Lassie

William Allan

early 19th century

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Gillies' Ball

Egron Lundgren

1859

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The Sword Dance

George Bernard O'Neill

19th century

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The Ballroom, Balmoral Castle

William Simpson

1882

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Sword Dance

Otto Nielsen

1950

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A Good Sign All Over the World

Norman Rockwell

1963

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Ceilidh Dance

Yvette Wu

2018

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Highland Dancer

unidentified (Florence Hardy?)

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Scottish Dancers in a Landscape with Piper

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Scottish Dancing

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19th century

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Highland Fete at Balmoral

Egron Lundgren

1859

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The Sword Dance; The Dancing Lesson

James Cassie

19th century

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Dance of the Shearers

Charlie Hammond

1885

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Highland Dancers

unknown

c. 1960

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The Highland Dancer

John Larriva

contemporary

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Ceilidh Night

Yvette Wu

2018

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Highland Dancers

Unknown

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The majority of dance descriptions referenced on this site have been taken from the

 

Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary or the

Scottish Country Dancing Database 

 

Snapshots of dance descriptions are provided as an overview only.  As updates may have occurred, please click the dance description to be forwarded to a printable dance description or one of the official reference sources.

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