Live Auction 5867Old Master, Decorative, Modern and Contemporary Prints
Christie’s roundel
Lot 163

Henry Hoppner Meyer (1782-1847), after Abraham Cooper

Tam O'Shanter

Closed16 September 2009

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GBP 275

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Henry Hoppner Meyer (1782-1847), after Abraham Cooper
Tam O'Shanter
mezzotint on laid paper, good impression with narrow margins on three sides, trimmed to image along top edge, published by S.Knight, London, 1814
unframed
S. 21 x 23 3/8in. (53.3 x 59.4cm.)

Specialist note

Written in 1790, Tam o' Shanter is considered to be one of Robert Burns' finest poems. It tells the story of a man who stayed too long at a public house and witnessed a disturbing vision on his way home.