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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…

Oil on canvas, 129.5 x 104 cm

Born in Calcutta, Thomas Richard Fraser (1841–1920) graduated with an MD from Edinburgh in 1862; he was awarded a Gold Medal for his thesis on the actions and therapeutic use of the ordeal bean of Calabar,…

Oil on canvas, 88.5 x 79.5 cm

Niall Finlayson was born in British Guiana, attended Loretto School, Edinburgh, and graduated from the medical school at Edinburgh University in 1964. After junior hospital posts at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary he…

Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 66 cm

Born in Aberdeen, James Matthews Duncan (1826–1890) was educated at Aberdeen Grammar School. He obtained an MA from Marischal College, before going on to study medicine in Aberdeen and Edinburgh.

In 1846 he…

Oil on canvas, 127 x 104 cm

Born at Pinkerton, near St Andrews, Andrew Duncan graduated with an MA from St Andrews in 1762, and studied medicine in Edinburgh under William Cullen, John Gregory, Alexander Monro secundus and Joseph Black. As a…

This bust of James Warburton Begbie (1826 – 1876) was given to the College by Sir W. H. Gibson Carmichael, Bart. in 1878, around two years after Begbie’s death.

The marble bust is the work of the highly regarded Scottish sculptor Sir John…

This plaster bust, after the original by William Behnes, depicts Bright draped in robes in a neoclassical style. The original was made in marble circa 1858 and is currently held in the Royal College of Physicians, London.

Richard Bright (1789 -…

This classicised marble bust was created by George MacCallum. The College's council minutes of 11 March 1868 indicate that this bust attracted their attention when it was ‘exhibited in the Royal Academy’. The council suggested that the College…

This piece is a reduced-size plaster replica of Canova’s second version of his ideal marble group Cupid and Psyche which was commissioned by Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov in 1796 and can now be seen in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. This…

This plaster portrait bust was made in 1847 by Peter Slater. This bust offers a simple depiction of Davidson whose garments are not featured in the portrayal. This contrasts with the majority of other busts in the College’s collection where the…