Bow View of Cutty Sark Interest_Time The rigs and fittings such

The rigs and fittings such as anchors

as did the tower’s lights

Date: 1776

saving countless lives

"A magnificent landscape under the magnificent aurora

Bow View of Cutty Sark Interest_Time The rigs and fittings suchA large and dramatic evocation of the bow of the 'Cutty Sark', showing a carved figurehead. In this highly stylised painting the ship is shown moving through the waves at sunset. The sails of the ship loom above the viewer's point of vision. The figurehead represents a character from Robert Burns's poem 'Tam O'Shanter', which retales the story of a Scottish farmer who was chased by the young witch. Known as Nannie, she is shown wearing a short