Based in Newcastle, Thomas Hall Tweedy was a noted woodcarver working in England in the mid-nineteenth century.
Tweedy was primarily a business man rather than a craftsman. It is recorded by his apprentice Ralph Hedley that he only saw him hold a tool once when he changed the figure of Miranda from a panel of the “Tempest” into a rock. However, he did have the gift of recognising skilled workmen and giving them employment thus enhancing his considerable reputation. A set of four carved tableaux from ‘Tam O’Shanter’ attributed to Tweedy are in the collection of the Robert Burns Museum, Ayrshire.
