by the 19th century the highland romantic revival, inspired by james macpherson's ossian poems and the writings of sir walter scott, led to wider interest, with clubs like the celtic society of edinburgh welcoming lowlanders. the pageantry invented for the 1822 visit of king george iv to scotland brought a sudden demand for tartan cloth and made it the national dress of the whole of scotland, rather than just the highlands and islands, with the invention of many new clan-specific tartans to suit.