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Oil on canvas, 34 x 25 cm

No one made a greater contribution to the control of tuberculosis than John Wenman Crofton (1912–2009). His early post-war work at the Postgraduate Medical School, London and the Brompton Hospital with the Medical…

Oil on canvas, 71 x 66 cm

Born in Arbroath and educated in Dundee, Alexander Keiller attended medical classes in Edinburgh. He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1833 and two years later Doctor of Medicine at St…

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…

Acrylic on board, 18 x 19 cm

Artist: Ian Hughes

Oil on canvas, 101.5 x 76.2 cm

Born in Yorkshire, Thomas Laycock (1812–1876) served as an apprentice to a surgeon, following which he followed a medical course at University College, London. He obtained an MRCS in 1835; further study followed…

Acrylic on board, 18 x 19 cm

Artist: Ian Hughes

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, 90 x 80 cm

Artist: Mark Roscoe

Oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm

This painting initially formed the right half of the diptych 'Catacomb'. It was bought in 1987 when the artist was about to destroy it.

It possibly represents Mary Magdalene and Christ following the resurrection…

Oil on wood, 76.2 x 66 cm

Artist: John Alexander

Labelled as being a portrait of Robert Sibbald, but there is no evidence that this is the case.