Cutty Sark (whisky) the famous poem by Robert Burns, "Tam o' Shanter". The drawing of the clipper ship "Cutty Sark" on the label of the whisky bottles is a work of the Swedish artist Carl Georg August Wallin. He was a mariner painter, and this is probably his most famous ship painting. This drawing has been on the whisky bottles since 1955. The Tall Ships' Races for large sailing ships were originally known as The Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Races, under the terms of sponsorship by the whisky brand. Cutty Sark was originally distributed in the United States by Buckingham Co., which was
Blackadder (clipper) the new ships based upon "The Tweed". Although similar below the water and of very similar size, the two ships looked somewhat different from "Cutty Sark". Maudsley and Co. were contracted to construct the ship, although they were an engineering company relatively inexperienced with whole ship design. This was not dissimilar to Willis' choice in builders for "Cutty Sark" which was also a new and inexperienced company, which in that instance became bankrupt before "Cutty Sark" was completed. The contract was signed in June 1869 and the ship launched March 1870, to the highest Lloyds standards and using the best