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Oil on canvas, 120 x 115 cm

This work was painted in the 1990s and, like the artist's other abstract or semi-abstract works, draws inspiration from his interpretation of the Scottish landscape.

Artist: Philip G. Duthie

Oil on canvas, 96 x 122 cm

This, like the artist's other abstract or semi-abstract works, draws inspiration from his interpretation of the Scottish landscape.

Artist: Philip G. Duthie

Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 66 cm

From the history of the Royal Infirmary published in 1937 we are told that in 1763 at the conclusion of the Seven Years' War with the Peace of Paris many soldiers were disbanded from the army and those falling sick…

Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 66 cm

Alexander Dick was the third son of Sir William Cunningham of Caprington, Ayrshire, and Janet, only child of Sir James Dick of Prestonfield, Edinburgh. He studied medicine in Edinburgh and Leyden, obtaining a MD from…

Oil on canvas, 94 x 73.6 cm

Alexander H. Freeland Barbour was born in Edinburgh, the youngest son of G. F. Barbour of Bonskeid, Perthshire. He was educated at Edinburgh, where he obtained an MA in 1875, BSc in 1877, MB (Hons) in 1879 and MD…

Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 66 cm

Born in Bailie Fyfe's Close, High Street, Edinburgh, Alexander Morison was the son of a lawyer. He was educated at Edinburgh's High School and then apprenticed to Dr Alexander Wood at the age of 15. He graduated with…

Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 66 cm

Born in Bailie Fyfe's Close, High Street, Edinburgh, Alexander Morison was the son of a lawyer. He was educated at Edinburgh's High School and then apprenticed to Dr Alexander Wood at the age of 15. He graduated with…

Oil on canvas, 44 x 33 cm

Alexander Peddie (1810–1907), the son of an Edinburgh minister, was educated at Edinburgh High School. He was encouraged to become a doctor by Dr John Abercrombie, Scotland's leading physician in the early nineteenth…

Oil on canvas, 71.2 x 53.3 cm

Alexander Russell Simpson (1835–1916) was born in Bathgate and educated at Bathgate Academy. He obtained an MD from Edinburgh University and then carried out postgraduate study in Berlin, Halle, Wurzburg and…

Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 144.8 cm

Born in Cupar, Fife, Alexander Wood was one of the first pupils of Edinburgh Academy. He graduated with an MD from Edinburgh in 1839.

Dr Wood conducted a general practice in the New Town of Edinburgh and…