Bow View of Cutty Sark Interest_Time a functional piece that celebrates

a functional piece that celebrates the timeless art of rope work and seafaring tradition

This is the land of the ancient Sami

as did the tower’s lights

Date: 1776

In the first week of 1942 a group of unlikely heroes - a retired naval captain and a clutch of brilliant young women - gather to form a secret strategy unit

Bow View of Cutty Sark Interest_Time a functional piece that celebratesA 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