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Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 66 cm

Born in Bailie Fyfe's Close, High Street, Edinburgh, Alexander Morison was the son of a lawyer. He was educated at Edinburgh's High School and then apprenticed to Dr Alexander Wood at the age of 15. He graduated with…

Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 66 cm

Born in Bailie Fyfe's Close, High Street, Edinburgh, Alexander Morison was the son of a lawyer. He was educated at Edinburgh's High School and then apprenticed to Dr Alexander Wood at the age of 15. He graduated with…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. May relate to the patient whose image appears in archive reference DEP/MOR/4/197. Unsigned [Delamotte].

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C G [Charles Gow].

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 97 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of D. H. aged 31.

This is an unmarried female who resided with her parents…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 96 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of S. C. aged 40.

This is an unmarried female, whose mother and grandmother…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Plate 79 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Signed A J [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of E. S. aged 40, a tailor.

This patient has been ten years insane.…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C G [Charles Gow].