Dive deeper into this episode with exclusive sketches, production designs, and fun facts delivered directly from the Outlander crew.
Brianna’s Drawings
Kimberley Bright from the Art Department spent time developing Brianna’s drawing style, wanting her artwork to subtly evoke seventies style but, at the same time, not seem too incongruous in the eighteenth century.
“I started off making bright, colorful pastel drawings but, after much discussion, we ended up making them much darker and monochromatic to reflect her angst! The most anguished drawing features in Episode 411 in the dining room of River Run. This drawing started out as a ‘self-portrait’ and progressed to the black and white drawing we see in the scene itself with multiple angst-ridden faces. This drawing represents Brianna, Lizzie, and Phaedre and the turmoil they all face as women—particularly Phaedre as a slave—living in the eighteenth century.”
Murtagh’s Wanted Poster
Murtagh’s ‘wanted’ poster is based on proclamation broadsides from the eighteenth century. In reality, these types of proclamation probably wouldn’t have depicted images of the accused during our period, but to make sure the audience knew Murtagh was the ‘wanted’ man in question, the Art Department added an image of his face. His face is drawn in the style of an eighteenth-century etching which was then digitally manipulated and added to the printed poster.
