Shanter Collection

Auld Brig o Doon, Ayr, Scotland
The Brig o Doon (Bridge of Doon) - a late medieval bridge used as the setting for the final verse of the Robert Burnss poem Tam o Shanter

Cartoon, Two emancipated women
Modified wartime silhouette: skirts begin to evoke the barrel-line shape being narrower & court shoes are vying with high boots. Hats: tam-o shanter or high crown. Date: 1918

Tam O Shanter Inn, Ayr

A crocheted hat and a knitted and crocheted cravat scarf. The images accompanied instructions on how to create the garments yourself. Date: 1932

A group of art students, outdoors, with palettes and easels - two men and two women. 1890s Date: 1890s

Girls paddling clothes 1885
A girl paddling wears a half Scottish half nautical costume of tartan kilt & Tam-OShanter teamed with a sailor blouse. Two ribbon rosettes are pinned to her kilt. Date: 1885

Family on Beach / C. 1920
A family group on the beach: mother, wearing a beret, and father, in a boater, sit on deckchairs while their three small children lie on the sand in bathing costumes Date: circa 1920

Illustration, Tam O Shanter
Illustration to Tam O Shanter, a poem by Robert Burns. Date: 1866

The Sphere Christmas Number - a scene from 1912
Children building a snowman in the garden of their Edwardian home. The boy is in an Eton collar and knickerbocker suit and the tam-o-shanters, sailor suits

Outdoor games. Golf
Young Edwardian girl wearing a tam o shanter and with a golf club. Date: circa 1903

British Railways memorabilia
A wagon-load of old timetables are pored over by railway enthusiasts, including a lady in a tam-o-shanter and wellington boots. circa 1974

Tam O Shanter Inn
The Tam O Shanter Inn on the High Street at Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, where Robert (Robbie) Burns met with his drinking cronies. Date: circa 1895

Two Scottish frogs dancing on a Christmas card
Two Scottish frogs in tartan, dancing on a Christmas card in the shape of a tam o shanter. Date: circa 1890s

Burns Tam O shanter Grav
ROBERT BURNS Kirkoswald and the grave of Tam O Shanter, the subject of a famous comic poem by Burns Date: 1759 - 1796

Robert Burns / Payne
ROBERT BURNS the Scottish national poet, surrounded by scenes from his poems, including Tam O Shanter running away from the fairies Date: 1759 - 1796

Tailored tartan suit, World War One
A smart tailored suit for ladies with a tartan kilted skirt and cheviot coat from Scott Adie s, of Regent Street, London. According to The Tatler

Tam O Shanter escapes the devils - Burns Poem
Tam O Shanter rides with the devils close behind him... " And scarcely had he Maggie rallied When out the hellish legion sallied." Date: 1909

Rail Memorabilia
A wagon-load of old timetables are pored over by railway enthusiasts including a lady in a tam-o-shanter and wellington boots Date: 1960s

Golf. Artist: Ada Leonora Bowley. Boy in tam o shanter drives down the fairway Date: circa 1920

The Fashioning of a Fad
Humorous sequential illustration by David Ghilchik poking fun at the merry-go-round of fashion. A smart, trend setting society lady is photographed in the latest fashion - leopard skin - at a Riviera

Tam O Shanter Galop, music sheet
Tam O Shanter gallops across the bridge on his horse to escape the witches, on the cover of this music sheet, containing the Tam O Shanter Galop with music by Thomas Browne

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