Tam o' Shanter, by Erskine Nichol

Key details

Object number: 3.8033
Date: 1870 to 1899
On display: No
Maker: Nicol, Erskine (Artist)

Description

Painting depicting a scene from 'Tam o' Shanter'. Here Tam is confronted by the 'towsie tyke black grim and large' while at Kirk Alloway on his way home from Ayr to Maybole after a market. Oil on canvas. In giltwood frame.

This painting in oils by Erskine Nichol (1825-1904) depicts a scene from the Tale of Tam o' Shanter by Robert Burns. Here Tam is confronted by the "towsie tyke black grim and large" while at Kirk Alloway on his way home from Ayr to Maybole after a market

Object information

Acquisition

1980

Material

Oil paint
Canvas
Giltwood

Measurements

Depth: 4.5(cm)
Height: 52(cm)
Width: 62.6(cm)

Themes

Myths and Folklore