# mouse timrousbeastie colour_collective livingcoral haggis folklore horses poetry robertburns preston highland burnsday westerross scotland scottishhighlands landscapelovers screenprint glasgowstyle sheseclectic

Jan 25 was Burns Night a celebration of Scottish poet Robert Burns. I was meant to create a design for inspired by one of his poems but since Scots is basically gibberish the only part I understood was “mouse.”

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2019-01-30

For - here is Tam O'Shanter fleeing the 'Hellish Legion' pulling Meg's tail, courtesy of William Scarse. Lady Ada Lovelace named her beloved if "very wild and ... quite vicious" stallion Tom O'Shanter

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2019-01-25

Happy Burns Night. We thought we'd share a picture of a this lovely Royal Doulton plate depicting Robert Burns which is normally tucked up in our store.

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2019-01-25

A little beauty for you this from the late, great Donald Hamilton Fraser.

‘Wester Ross’ (screenprint, edition of 175)

https://t.co/SrKLHnwW9O

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2019-01-25

For we've found this beautiful hand-coloured plate of thistles. Believed to have hung on Linnaeus' wall, the plate was given to Linnaeus by Johannes Gessner c.1764 https://t.co/co8cg5Zn7V

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2019-01-25

Celebrating with our Herbert MacNair picture 'Ysighlu', on display in the art gallery corridor. We also have 'Child in a Rose Bowl' by his wife Frances Macdonald Macnair on display in in Gallery 7.

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