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The MacKenzie - Loch Maree
"The MacKenzie - Loch Maree" from the Scottish Clans Series (9401) by Raphael Tuck & Sons. Painted by Harry Payne in the Oilette style. Oilette is a trade name used by Raphael Tuck & Sons for postcards reproduced from original paintings.
The postcard has a background of the MacKenzie of Seaforth tartan, the stag's head on a light blue shield, a sprig of mistletoe and a framed view of the mountains (Kintall).
On rear is a brief history of the Clan MacKenzie and the founding of the Ross-Shire Buffs (Seaforth Highlanders) in 1793.
"The MacKenzie. This clan is of pure Scoto-Gaelic descent. Their territory is in the north of Scotland, and they could place 2,500 men in the field. Their war cry is "Tulloch Ard," the name of a mountain in Kintall, and their badge "Holly." The Earl of Seaforth, a former chief, raised from the clan in 1793 the famous Ross-Shire Buffs, now known as the Seaforth Highlanders. The Countess of Cromartie is possessor in her own right of several of the family titles, and is head of an important branch of the clan. There are several baronets of this ancient name."
Harry Payne (18581927) was an English military artist. With his brother, Arthur C. Payne, he produced many series of oilette postcards for Raphael Tuck & Sons and also did extensive work for Gale and Polden producing illustrations for their postcard series along with other military artists including Edgar Alfred Holloway, John McNeill, and Ernest Ibbetson.
Raphael Tuck & Sons was a business started by Raphael Tuck and his wife in Bishopsgate in London on October 1866, selling pictures and greeting cards, and eventually selling postcards, the latter being the most successful. Their business was one of the most well known in the 'postcard boom' of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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