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Ne'er Poor Sinner Was Abroad

Tam o' Shanter · Illustration

Ne'er Poor Sinner Was Abroad, an illustration by Bruce Thomson of Tam and Maggie straining through driving rain

Tam with Maggie, straining to flee the pursuing witches through a stormy night.

The wild ride home: never was a poor sinner abroad on a worse night, Tam low over Maggie’s neck as the storm and the witches close in. A Tam o’ Shanter scene from Bruce’s Glenfarclas 40 Year Old whisky commission, told in full in the journal.

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