A curious herbal : containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick Engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life
Creator
Elizabeth Blackwell
Date
c. 1737-1739
Identifier
Bookstore BLA [oversize]
Publisher
London : printed for Samuel Harding in St. Martin's Lane
Description
A curious herbal : containing five hundred cuts, of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick Engraved on folio copper plates, after drawings taken from the life
A system of the anatomy of the human body : illustrated by upwards of two hundred tables, taken partly from the most celebrated authors, and partly from nature.
Creator
Andrew Fyfe
Date
c. 1814
Identifier
Mackenzie Collection FYF
Publisher
J. Pillans & Sons, Edinburgh
Description
A system of the anatomy of the human body : illustrated by upwards of two hundred tables, taken partly from the most celebrated authors, and partly from nature.
Sir Byrom Bramwell was a British neurosurgeon, medical author and artist. The illustrations in Bramwell’s atlas were all his own work and based on the cases he came across in his wards at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Creator
Sir Byrom Bramwell
Date
c.1892-1896
Identifier
Bookstore BRA [folio]
Publisher
Edinburgh : T. and A. Constable at the University Press,
Language
English
Description
Sir Byrom Bramwell was a British neurosurgeon, medical author and artist. The illustrations in Bramwell’s atlas were all his own work and based on the cases he came across in his wards at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
George Combe was a Scottish lawyer and one of the leading figures in the phrenological movement. In 1819 Combe had published several essays which discussed the work of the famous phrenologists Gall and Spurzheim. It was these essays that formed the basis of Combe’s ‘Elements of phrenology’.
Date
c. 1824
Identifier
Lister Room COM
Publisher
John Anderson: Edinburgh
Language
English
Description
George Combe was a Scottish lawyer and one of the leading figures in the phrenological movement. In 1819 Combe had published several essays which discussed the work of the famous phrenologists Gall and Spurzheim. It was these essays that formed the basis of Combe’s ‘Elements of phrenology’.
Born in Partick, Muirhead Bone trained in an architect's office while studying at evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art. His early sketches in various books and periodicals first drew attention to his artistic talent. He took up etching in 1898, and became "master of the etching needle". Glasgow's architecture provided the inspiration for many of his works, published in Etchings of Glasgow and Glasgow in 1901. He moved to London in 1902 and further enhanced his reputation with etchings of buildings in England. A visit to Italy in 1910 also resulted in some fine examples of his art. Bone was an official war artist in both world wars, in France and with the Royal Navy in the First World War, and again with the Admiralty, 1940-1943. His drawings on the Western Front are some of his best-known works, reflecting an eye for detail which is also in evidence in his illustrations of industrial scenes in the Clyde shipyards. Bone was knighted in 1937.
Gordon Street, Looking East.
Buchanan Street, Looking South.
Trace Horses on a Foggy Day, St George's Place.
Sir Walter Scott's Monument in George Square, and the Merchants' House.
Queen Street Station and Towers of Municipal Buildings.
Wilson Street, and the Sheriff Court-House, Looking East.
The Cathedral, the High Kirkyard and Royal Infirmary.
Interior of Chapter House, the Cathedral.
The Barony Church, Castle Street, and Provand's Lordship.
North Wall of Duke Street Prison.
The Canal at Port Dundas.
House at Port Dundas.
St Rollox.
St Andrew's Episcopal Church.
Glasgow Cross, Relaying Tramway Lines at Night.
The Old Sugar Exchange.
Old Lodging off Trongate.
Stockwell Street, the G & SW Railway Arches.
The Old Justiciary Court-House (South Front) from the Clyde.
The Old Justiciary Court-House from Glasgow Green.
Demolition of the Old Sugar Exchange.
Stockwell Street, West Side.
The Wynd Church.
Glasgow, from Queen's Park, Looking North.
The Barrow Market on Saturday, Albert Bridge.
The Clyde at Glasgow Green.
Stockwell Bridge, and the Gorbals.
Suspension Bridge, Clyde Place.
The Broomielaw.
Glasgow University from Cessnock Dock.
Kelvinhaugh Ferry.
Queen's Dock.
Shipyards on the Clyde.
The Smith's Shop, Fairfield Shipyard.
The University Tower from Renfrew.
The University by Night, from Hillhead.
Byres Road and Hillhead Parish Church.
Great Western Road, Hillhead, Looking East.
Kelvin Bridge, Great Western Road, and the University from the North East.
From Garnethill, Looking West.
Building the School of Art, Renfrew Street.
Cambridge Street by Night.
St Vincent Street from Opposite Windsor Hotel, Looking West.
Douglas Street, Looking South.
St Vincent Street, Looking West.
Demolition of the Barony Poor House.
City Poor House.
The Canal at Maryhill.
Sighthill Cemetery.
Blochairn Church
Trace Horses on a Foggy Day, St George's Place (Pastel).
The Canal at Port Dundas (Pastel).
The University by Night, from Hillhead (Pastel).
vii, [1], 26 pages, 50 plates.
Copy no. 97 of a limited edition of 200 copies.
Creator
Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953.
Charteris, A. H. (Archibald Hamilton), 1874-1940.
Date
1911
Identifier
Bookstore BON [folio]
RCPSG/1/12/9/25
Publisher
James MacLehose and Sons
Coverage
Glasgow, Scotland
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Born in Partick, Muirhead Bone trained in an architect's office while studying at evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art. His early sketches in various books and periodicals first drew attention to his artistic talent. He took up etching in 1898, and became "master of the etching needle". Glasgow's architecture provided the inspiration for many of his works, published in Etchings of Glasgow and Glasgow in 1901. He moved to London in 1902 and further enhanced his reputation with etchings of buildings in England. A visit to Italy in 1910 also resulted in some fine examples of his art. Bone was an official war artist in both world wars, in France and with the Royal Navy in the First World War, and again with the Admiralty, 1940-1943. His drawings on the Western Front are some of his best-known works, reflecting an eye for detail which is also in evidence in his illustrations of industrial scenes in the Clyde shipyards. Bone was knighted in 1937.
Illustration of the Dispensary of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children
Description
The dispensary of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in West Graham Street, Cowcaddens. The purpose of this expansion of the hospital was to provide free healthcare to children living in poverty.
The image features in "The Royal Hospital for Sick Children and its dispensary, Glasgow" by Andrew Macgeorge.
Creator
Campbell Douglas and Sellars
Date
c. 1888
Identifier
Reading Room WX 28.FS2 ROY
Description
The dispensary of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in West Graham Street, Cowcaddens. The purpose of this expansion of the hospital was to provide free healthcare to children living in poverty.
The image features in "The Royal Hospital for Sick Children and its dispensary, Glasgow" by Andrew Macgeorge.
Money or malaria - don't cry. Cartoom from Tropical Life. Caricature of Sir Ronald Ross liberating British commercial interests by removing the weight of malaria bearing down on them.
Creator
Tropical Life
Date
c. 1924
Identifier
RCPSG 9/RI/1/10-15
Physical Object Item Type Metadata
Materials
Paper
Description
Money or malaria - don't cry. Cartoom from Tropical Life. Caricature of Sir Ronald Ross liberating British commercial interests by removing the weight of malaria bearing down on them.
This portrait was painted digitally using an Apple Pencil on an iPad Pro with Adobe Photoshop Sketch and Adobe Fresco software, and is based on an iPhone photograph taken by its creator at the 8 January 2020 meeting of the RCPSG Senior Fellows’ Club (SFC). It is the first purely digital artwork in the College’s collection.
David Smith FRCS was Chair of the SFC from 2015 to 2020. His varied roles within the RCPSG started when he was elected first Junior/Trainee member of Council in 1973. He served as Vice-President (Surgical) from 2000 to 2002.
The artist, Andrew Tannahill FRCP, has been the SFC Honorary Secretary since 2016.
Creator
Andrew Tannahill
Date
c. 2022
Description
This portrait was painted digitally using an Apple Pencil on an iPad Pro with Adobe Photoshop Sketch and Adobe Fresco software, and is based on an iPhone photograph taken by its creator at the 8 January 2020 meeting of the RCPSG Senior Fellows’ Club (SFC). It is the first purely digital artwork in the College’s collection.
David Smith FRCS was Chair of the SFC from 2015 to 2020. His varied roles within the RCPSG started when he was elected first Junior/Trainee member of Council in 1973. He served as Vice-President (Surgical) from 2000 to 2002.
The artist, Andrew Tannahill FRCP, has been the SFC Honorary Secretary since 2016.
Sketch of muscae volitantes. With instructions for printing "On three separate blocks of wood. Observe the difference of shade in the spots in upper figure." Fig 105-107, page 810.
Sketch of muscae volitantes. With instructions for printing "On three separate blocks of wood. Observe the difference of shade in the spots in upper figure." Fig 105-107, page 810.