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
Lahloo (clipper) days; "Sir Launcelot", 102 days; Leander, 103 days; "Thermopylae", 106 days." "In 1871 the "Titania" won in 93 days; the "Lahloo", 111 days, from Foo-chow to London; and from Shanghai to London the "Thermopylae" was 106 days; "Cutty Sark", 110 days, and "Forward Ho", 118 days. This was about the last of the tea clipper racing, for the combined competition of steam and the Suez Canal proved too powerful for sail. No more tea clippers were built after 1869; by degrees these beautiful vessels were driven into other trades; and so the Clipper Ship Era drifted into history." According to