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Scottish Oil Paintings, Legend of Tam O'Shanter, Part 2 browse these categories for related items... Directory: Fine Art: Paintings: Oil: Europe: British: Pre 1900: Item # 1180988
Highgrove Antiques Lisa H. Robison Nashville, Tennessee 615-943-1809 Guest Book |
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| We have a pair of paintings, oil on card and dating to the mid 1800's, depicting the famous Robert Burns narrative verse entitled "The Legend of Tam O'Shanter" (sometimes called "The Legend of Cutty Sark"), which came from an ancient Scottish legend. They are by the listed English artist J. W. Hillyard (fl. 1833 - 1861). Condition is good, especially considering that these are painted on paper, with only some rubbed areas of paint loss. There are also a few raised areas that represent the uneveness of the card. They are very dark and need to be displayed in a well-lit area. They are housed in recent gilt frames made from moulding by the famous New York frame maker, Abe Munn, and measuring 15 X 12.5 inches. From Wikipedia: "First published in 1791, it is one of Burns's longer poems, and employs a mixture of Scots and English. It tells the story of Tam, a farmer who gets drunk with his friends in a public house and then rides home on his horse Meg. On the way he sees the local haunted church lit up with witches and warlocks dancing and the devil playing the bagpipes. He creeps in to the churchyard to watch and on seeing a pretty witch in a short dress he shouts,`Weel done, cutty-sark!'. Having drawn attention to himself the dancing stops abruptly and the witches chase him and Meg to the River Doon. The witches cannot cross the water but they come so close to catching Tam and Meg that they pull Meg's tail off just as she reaches the bridge over the Doon." | ||
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