Burns fills the haunted Kirk of Alloway with grisly relics laid out on the holy table; here a witch crouches on an old cannon among them, the sabbath in full cry. One of the Tam o’ Shanter scenes Bruce made for the Glenfarclas 40 Year Old whisky commission, with the story behind it in the journal.
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The Witch on the Cannon
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A witch astride a cannon outside the Kirk of Alloway, redcoat soldiers marching past above and a man in a hat backing away at the edge of the paper.
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