Browse Artefacts (885 total)

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 board, 49 x 74 cm

Artist: Margaret McGavin

Oil on canvas, 127 x 101 cm

Born in North Shields, Byrom Bramwell was the son and grandson of medical practitioners. He was educated at Cheltenham College, obtained a MB with Honours from Edinburgh in 1869 and a MD (Gold Medal) in 1877. After…

Oil on canvas, 140 x 365 cm (estimated)

Inspection of this painting reveals a series of skulls overpainted in red to signify blood and derived from the killing fields of Cambodia. If the paintings are based on the evil that mankind can inflict,…

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, 87.5 x 74.7 cm

Christopher Clayson was born in 1903 and educated in Derbyshire and George Heriot's School in Edinburgh. He obtained an MB ChB from Edinburgh in 1926 and an MD (Gold Medal) in 1936. He was made a member of the Royal…

Oil on canvas, 91.4 x 78.7 cm

Daniel Rutherford graduated from Edinburgh in 1772 and then travelled for three years. He started a practice in Edinburgh in 1775 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He served…

Oil on canvas, 86.3 x 71 cm

Born in Edinburgh, son of James Hart, a printer, David Berry Hart graduated with a MB, CM from Edinburgh in 1877. He was assistant to Professor Sir Alexander R Simpson. An obstetrician and gynaecologist, David Berry…

Oil on canvas, 127 x 104 cm

David K. Henderson was born in Dumfries, the youngest son of John Henderson, a solicitor. He was educated at Dumfries Academy and Royal High School, Edinburgh, then studied medicine at Edinburgh where he graduated in…

Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 63.5 cm

Born in Edinburgh, David MacLagan studied at St George's Hospital, London and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1807. He joined the 91 Regiment as medical officer and was with the…