Browse Artefacts (99 total)

Oil on canvas, 43 x 90 cm

Artist: John Houston

Oil on canvas, 90 x 90 cm

Artist: George Fiddes Watt

Oil on panel, 88 x 120 cm

Artist: Derek Soutar

Oil on board, 170 x 380 cm (estimated)

This painting depicts part of the English fortifications at Pinkie Battlefield, East Lothian, which were subsequently modified by Mary Queen of Scots in 1567 before she surrendered to the Scottish…

Oil on canvas, 127 x 101 cm

On 7th November 1959, in reply to the toast to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, proposed by Dr Rae Gilchrist, Her Majesty said: 'The progress in medical science in the last few decades has been prodigious. But we…

Oil on wood, 78.7 x 63.5 cm

Anne of Denmark was the daughter of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway. She was married to James VI of Scotland by proxy on 20th August 1589. Along with her proxy husband she set sail for Scotland but the ship, in…

Oil on wood, 78.7 x 63.5 cm

James VI (1566–1625), son of Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley, was born in Edinburgh Castle. On the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, he succeeded to the throne of England and reigned over Great Britain until…

Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5 cm

Born in London, the second son of Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria, Charles II succeeded to the throne in 1660. When the Duke of York was Commissioner in Scotland for his brother Charles II, Sir Robert Sibbald…

Oil on canvas, 111.7 x 88.9 cm

William Ziegler, the son of Alexander Ziegler, graduated with an MD from Edinburgh in 1849, and a FRCPEd in 1861. He assisted his father in his general and obstetric practice.

He was a physician to the Royal…

Oil on canvas, 46 x 36 cm

Alexander Ziegler was a general practitioner and obstetrician who practised from 30 Buccleuch Place. He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1816 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in…