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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 wood, 78.7 x 63.5 cm

Anne of Denmark was the daughter of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway. She was married to James VI of Scotland by proxy on 20th August 1589. Along with her proxy husband she set sail for Scotland but the ship, in…

Oil on wood, 78.7 x 63.5 cm

James VI (1566–1625), son of Mary Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley, was born in Edinburgh Castle. On the death of Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, he succeeded to the throne of England and reigned over Great Britain until…

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…

Oil on canvas, 111.7 x 88.9 cm

William Ziegler, the son of Alexander Ziegler, graduated with an MD from Edinburgh in 1849, and a FRCPEd in 1861. He assisted his father in his general and obstetric practice.

He was a physician to the Royal…

Oil on canvas, 46 x 36 cm

Alexander Ziegler was a general practitioner and obstetrician who practised from 30 Buccleuch Place. He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1816 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in…

Oil on canvas, 205.7 x 144.8 cm

Born in Cupar, Fife, Alexander Wood was one of the first pupils of Edinburgh Academy. He graduated with an MD from Edinburgh in 1839.

Dr Wood conducted a general practice in the New Town of Edinburgh and…

Oil on canvas, 76 x 66 cm

Born in Edinburgh, Robert Whytt (1714–1766) was the son of Robert Whytt of Bennochie, Fife. He studied medicine in Edinburgh for four years as a pupil of Monro primus. He made further study in London, Paris and…

Oil on canvas, 101.6 x 71 cm

Educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University, graduating in 1856, John Batty Tuke belonged to a Quaker family, several generations of which lived in the East Riding of Yorkshire. One branch of the family…

Oil on canvas, 109 x 115 cm

Educated at Perth Academy, 'Tony' Toft graduated with a MB ChB from Edinburgh in 1969. After junior hospital posts in Edinburgh and experience of general practice in Islay and Orkney he was appointed a Ciba Research…