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Description: | A scene from Robert Burns' poem, 'Tam O' Shanter', illustrating the comforts of the inn which Tam has to forsake for his long ride homewards, 'Tam had got planted unco right, Fast by an ingle bleezing finely, Wi reaming swats, that drank divinely;'.
Throughout the 19th century the cult of Burns rose to huge proportions. Images derived from his life and work were frequently taken as subjects by Scottish artists.
Burns wrote the poem, 'Tam O' Shanter', in one day walking by the banks of the River Nith near his farm at Ellisland, outside Dumfries. It tells of an encounter between Tam, a local worthy, and supernatural forces at Alloway Church. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Dumfries & Galloway Council - Nithsdale Museums | Temporal: | 1800-01-01 - 31/12/1900 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | 'Tam O' Shanter' | Go to resource |
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