Tam 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

Advert for Lyles Pure Soluble Cocoa
Advertisement showing a smiling young woman wearing a tam o shanter and fur collar coat holding a steaming hot cup of Lyles Cocoa made by Abram Lyle & Sons Ltd of 21 Mincing Lane, London

Just a wee note by G. E Studdy
Illustration by George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948) showing Bonzo the dog, dressed in a tartan tam o shanter playing the Scottish bagpipes

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

Ayr Tam O'Shanter Inn Victorian period

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

Lockheed C-130A Hercules 55-0007
United States Air Force Reserve - Lockheed C-130A-LM Hercules 55-0007 (msn 182-3034, base code ER'), of the 705th Tactical Airlift Training Squadron - 433rd Tactical Airlift Wing

English gentleman riding a horse on his way to a picnic
English gentleman with whiskers in tam o shanter cap riding a horse on his way to a picnic in the country. A carriage with ladies behind him, and a peasant in smock in the foreground. Mr

Rosa McDermott and her mother hearing a prophecy from a Romany woman fortune-teller during a walk. They wear wide hooped petticoats

Pretty girls with holly
Heads of two young girls in tam o shanters bearing Xmas holly. Date: 1904

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

COUNTRY CLOTHES C. 1890
Boys: deerstalker hats, knickerbockers, short square cut fly-fronted jackets. Girls: cloth Tam-OShanters, pleated skirts, gauntlets, D-B jackets, fur coat & bonnet. Date: circa 1890

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

A Kabyle musician with her Tam-Tam. Algeria, North Africa
A female Kabyle musician sits cross-legged holding her Tam-Tam (a type of gong). The Kabyle are a Berber ethnic group originating from Kabilya in Northern Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

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

Hong Kong - Tai- Tam reservoir - Path Round Reservoir. Part of Box 138 Boswell Collection - Hong Kong. Date: circa 1900

USA - Sculpture in the Park - The Tam O Shanter Group - Sculpture in the Park - The Tam O Shanter Group. Created by Robert Thompson in Central Park New York

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

Child with an apple. Child wearing a large tam o shanter eating an apple. Artist: Ren頍 鲡s Date: 1920

Indian percussion instruments: tabla, m ridang and nahabat.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Gassendi, Pierre (1592-1665). French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician. Page of the book Petri Gassendi Institutio astronomica juxta hypotheseis tam veterum quam

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

The Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls - Rome
The Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls (Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura) - one of Romes four ancient major basilicas or papal basilicas. Date: circa 1910

Paris, France - La Place Clichy Date: circa 1920

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

Bacongo, Congo - Tam Tam Drum players Date: circa 1930s

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

Romania - Timisoara - Piata Unirii (Unity Square)
Piata Unirii (Unity Square) at Timisoara (Temeschburg, Temeswar, Temeschwar, Temesvar, Temisvar, Tamisvar, Temesvar) - a city in the Banat region of western Romania and the capital of Timis County

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

Indian Town crier beating his drum

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

Harry Lauder at hospital matinee
The Scottish entertainer Harry Lauder (Sir Henry Lauder, 1870-1950) at the Playhouse Theatre, where he appeared in a special matinee to raise funds for the Miller General Hospital in Greenwich

Senegal - West Africa - Tam Tam Malinke - Dancers
The Dance of the Riflemen at Tam Tam Malinke, Senegal

Robert Burns Statue, 1844
Engraving showing the Robert Burns statue by Flaxman (centre) surrounded by two scenes from his life and another portrait

Tam O shanter
TAM O SHANTER & SOUTER JOHNNY " Tam lo ed him like a very brither; They had been fou for weeks togither; The night drave on wi sangs & clatter... "

BURNS / TAM O SHANTER / C18
TAM O SHANTER The devil clings to his horses tail

Stripey Tam O shanter
Girl wearing a tammy ( tam o shanter - named after a poem by Robert Burns)

Country Clothes C. 1890
Boys: deerstalker hats, knickerbockers, covert coats. Girls: cloth Tam-O Shanters, pleated skirts, gauntlets, reefer jackets, fur coat & high crowned white bonnet

Customs / Africa
Warriors of the Ivory Coast run through their village performing the tam-tam, or war dance, prior to attacking their enemies

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