Browse Artefacts (99 total)

Oil on canvas, 95 x 108 cm

Jim Petrie died shortly after demitting office as president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and before the full potential of his professional work could be realised. A native of Aberdeenshire and a…

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, 110 x 90 cm

Robert Orde was the eldest son of John Orde, under-sheriff of Newcastle upon Tyne. He moved to Edinburgh and later engaged Robert Adam to design 8 Queen Street, one of the earliest houses in Edinburgh New Town.

His…

Oil on panel, 91 x 76 cm

Educated at Marlborough College and Edinburgh University where he graduated in 1947, Michael Oliver held junior hospital posts in Edinburgh before his appointment as consultant physician to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in…

Oil on canvas, 50 x 39 cm

Artist: Ian Hughes

Oil on canvas, 76 x 62 cm

Born in Philadelphia, the son of a merchant who emigrated from Wales, John Morgan (1735–1789) graduated in Arts at the College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania) and then spent six years apprenticed…

Oil on canvas, 71 x 50.8 cm

John Moir was born in a French fortress at Verdun, the son of a Naval Surgeon. His parents were taken prisoners during the Napoleonic War. In an exchange of prisoners in 1814, Dr Moir, senior, came to Edinburgh with…

Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 53.3 cm

Born in Stranraer, Wigtonshire, Charles McNeil was the son of Dr William McNeil, a general practitioner. He was educated at George Watson's College and Edinburgh University, where he graduated with an MA in 1901, MB…

Oil on canvas, 73.6 x 60.9 cm

Born in Edinburgh, Archibald Pitcairne was the son of Alexander Pitcairne. He was educated in Dalkeith and Edinburgh University, graduating with an MA in 1671. He studied botany, pharmacy and materia medica and…

Oil on wood, 76.2 x 63.5 cm

Born in Edinburgh, Archibald Pitcairne was the son of Alexander Pitcairne. He was educated in Dalkeith and Edinburgh University, graduating with an MA in 1671. He studied botany, pharmacy and materia medica and after…