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
Robert Burns (artist) Robert Burns (artist) Robert Burns HRSA RSW (Edinburgh, 1869–1941) was a Scottish painter, limner and designer, of the "Art nouveau" and Decorative arts. He was born in Edinburgh in 1869. Robert Burns spent long time, studying at London and Paris, and traveling northern Africa; then he returned to Edinburgh. He followed the example of the Arts and Crafts movement artists, employing a variety of materials for handicraft works. Such school also fomented the relationship between arts, commerce, and industry. Burns' most famous and complete designs have been for the Crawford's Tea Room (1926), which was located on Hanover Street just