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Description: | A scene from Robert Burns' poem, 'Tam O' Shanter', illustrating Tam leaving the comforts of the inn for his long ride homewards, 'The hour approaches Tam maun ride: That hour o' night's black arch the key-stane, That deary hour Tam mounts his beast in:'.
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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