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Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 116.8 cm

Born at Dreghorn in Ayrshire where his father was parish minister, William Allan Jamieson was educated at Irvine Academy. After attending arts classes at Glasgow University he emigrated to Queensland, Australia,…

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 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…

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…

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 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, 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, 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…