Arch on the New Brig of Ayr, 1844. Floral arch at Ayr in Scotland, inspired by Scottish poet Robert Burns' poem "Tam o' Shanter". The arch was erected on one of Ayr's two bridges over the River Doon during the Burns festival. The arch was: '...constructed simply of wreaths of laurel and bay, intermixed with flowers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.

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