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Oil painting: HM The Queen Mother
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…
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 painting: Hide and Find
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
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 painting: Gregory, James
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…
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 painting: Grand Canyon
Oil on canvas, 130 x 175 cm (estimated)
Artist: Lynn MacGregor
Artist: Lynn MacGregor
Oil painting: Girdwood, Ronald Haxton
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…
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 painting: Gilchrist, Andrew Rae
Oil on canvas, 101 x 81 cm
A son of the manse, Andrew Rae Gilchrist was educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with a MB ChB in 1921. After resident posts in Cambridge and London, he returned to…
A son of the manse, Andrew Rae Gilchrist was educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with a MB ChB in 1921. After resident posts in Cambridge and London, he returned to…
Oil painting: George William Balfour
Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 66 cm
Born in Sorn, Ayrshire, George William Balfour intended to emigrate to Australia and in preparation for country life, at the age of 20, qualified as a veterinary surgeon. His interest in medicine stimulated, he gave…
Born in Sorn, Ayrshire, George William Balfour intended to emigrate to Australia and in preparation for country life, at the age of 20, qualified as a veterinary surgeon. His interest in medicine stimulated, he gave…
Oil painting: George Matthew Robertson
Oil on canvas, 127 x 101.6 cm
Born in Simla, George Matthew Robertson was the son of Colonel John Robertson, CIE. He was educated at Madras College and St Andrews, graduating with a MB ChB from Edinburgh in 1855.
He was awarded an MD with a…
Born in Simla, George Matthew Robertson was the son of Colonel John Robertson, CIE. He was educated at Madras College and St Andrews, graduating with a MB ChB from Edinburgh in 1855.
He was awarded an MD with a…
Oil painting: George Alexander Gibson
Oil on canvas, 127 x 101 cm
Born in Muckhart, Perthshire, the son of a solicitor, George Alexander Gibson was educated at Dollar Academy and at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was a postgraduate student in London, Dublin and…
Born in Muckhart, Perthshire, the son of a solicitor, George Alexander Gibson was educated at Dollar Academy and at the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was a postgraduate student in London, Dublin and…
Oil painting: Gathering Bait, Kintyre
Oil on board, 22 x 31 cm
Artist: Grosvenor Thomas
Artist: Grosvenor Thomas