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Oil on canvas, 75 x 62.5 cm

Born in Arbroath, Ronald Girdwood attended Daniel Stewart's College and graduated in Edinburgh as the Ettles Scholar of his year in 1939. It was perhaps chance and the uncertainties of wartime service that led him…

Oil on canvas, 130 x 175 cm (estimated)

Artist: Lynn MacGregor

Oil on canvas, 127 x 101.6 cm

Born in Aberdeen and educated there and Edinburgh, the name of James Gregory is still remembered by the laity in Scotland on account of a stomach powder he formulated. An African student attending an oral…

Oil on canvas, 150 x 120 cm

This was painted in Barcelona and relates to an occasion when the artist was walking alone in densely wooded mountains. During the walk she lost and found her jacket.

Artist: Olivia Irvine

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 canvas, 80 x 60 cm

Ian Hill (1904-1982) was an Edinburgh man, educated at George Watson's College and graduating with an MB ChB at Edinburgh in 1928 as the Ettles Scholar of his year. He showed an early interest in cardiology when as a…

Oil on canvas, 127 x 101 cm

Born in Edinburgh, James Begbie (1798–1869) was educated at Edinburgh's High School and Edinburgh University. Introduced in general practice as an apprentice to Dr John Abercrombie, he later became his assistant.…

Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 63.5 cm

Born in Edinburgh, James Carmichael was the son of William Carmichael, MD, FRCS. He was educated at the Edinburgh Institution. He was one of the last of those who graduated with a MD immediately on completion of the…

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, 73.6 x 53.3 cm

4th Earl and 1st Duke of Perth, James Drummond succeeded to the title in 1675. He was a supporter of the Royalists and a persecutor of the Covenanters which resulted in his becoming a figure of fear and hate…