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Tam O' Shanter

Key details

Object number
3.8448
Date
1884
On display
No
Maker
Currie, Neil (Artist)

Description

A painting depicting Tam O'Shanter leaving the tavern on his horse after a night spend there with his companions, Souter Johnnie, the Inn Keeper and his wife. Oil on cavas. Unframed.

Label on back of canvas 'Copied in oil by Neil Currie from an old colored engraving in the posession of Ms Murray Glasgow Street Ardrossan September 1884'. Canvas stamped on back 'Prepared by Windsor in Newston Ltd [...] London'.


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Measurements

  • Depth: 2(cm)
  • Height: 46(cm)
  • Width: 61(cm)

Place of creation

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