A little unpicturesque person of old (4)

I believe the answer is:

pict

'person of old' is the definition.
(northern people in Roman times)

'a little unpicturesque' is the wordplay.
'a little' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'PICT' is hidden within 'unpicturesque'.

(Other definitions for pict that I've seen before include "Literary term for painted woman" , "N. British tribesman" , "Early Scot" , "Northerner" , "Ancient north Briton" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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