Scottish National Portrait Gallery

James Sibbald (1745–1803), Author and Bookseller ℹ️

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Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, 1680 - 1754. Secession leader ℹ️

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Rev. John Home, 1722 - 1808. Historian and author of Douglas ℹ️

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William III, 1650 - 1702. Reigned 1688 - 1702 ℹ️

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George Wishart, c 1513 - 1546. Reformer and martyr ℹ️

1543

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Sir James Wilsford, 1515 - 1550. English commander at the siege of Haddington, 1547 ℹ️

1547

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Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, 1545 - 1567. Consort of Mary, Queen of Scots ℹ️

1564

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James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell ℹ️

1565

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Lady Jean Gordon, Countess of Bothwell, 1544 - 1629. First wife of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell ℹ️

1566

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Patrick Adamson, 1537 - 1592. Prelate and statesman ℹ️

1569

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James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, d. 1581. Regent of Scotland ℹ️

1577

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James I (1394 - 1437). Reigned 1406 - 1437 ℹ️

1578

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James V, 1512 - 1542. Father of Mary, Queen of Scots. Reigned 1513 - 1542 ℹ️

1579

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Anamorphosis, called Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542 - 1587. Reigned 1542 - 1567. ℹ️

1580

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Esme Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, c 1542 - 1583. Favourite of James VI and I ℹ️

1590

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Anne of Denmark, 1574 - 1619. Queen of James VI and I ℹ️

1595

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Esther Inglis, 1571 - 1624. Calligrapher and miniaturist ℹ️

1595

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James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland 1567 - 1625. King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625 ℹ️

1595

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Rev. Robert Rollock, c 1555 - 1599. First Principal of The University of Edinburgh ℹ️

1599

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Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, c 1580 - 1661. Soldier ℹ️

1600c

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James II, 1430 - 1460. Reigned 1437 - 1460 ℹ️

1600c

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Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, 1545 - 1631. Highland improver ℹ️

1601

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Sir David Murray of Gorthy, 1567 - 1629. Poet ℹ️

1603

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Lady Arabella Stuart, c 1577 - 1615. Only daughter of the 6th Earl of Lennox ℹ️

1605

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William Drummond of Hawthornden, 1585 - 1649. Poet ℹ️

1609

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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542 - 1587. Reigned 1542 - 1567 ℹ️

1610s

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Henry, Prince of Wales, 1594 - 1612. Eldest son of James VI and I ℹ️

1612

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John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms ℹ️

1616

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Sir Duncan Campbell of Glenorchy, 1545 - 1631. Highland improver ℹ️

1619

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Sir Robert Gordon, 1580 - 1656. Courtier at the courts of James VI and I and Charles I ℹ️

1621

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James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton, 1589 - 1625. Statesman ℹ️

1622

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Sir Peter Young, 1544 - 1628. Tutor to James VI and I and Charles I ℹ️

1622

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Ludovic Stuart, 2nd Duke of Lennox, 1574 - 1624. Statesman ℹ️

1623

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David Anderson of Finzeauch, 1577 - 1629. Architect and merchant ℹ️

1627

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Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, 1596 - 1662. Daughter of James VI and I ℹ️

1628

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Lady Juliana Campbell, b. 1581 ℹ️

1633

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Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy, 1577 - 1640 ℹ️

1633

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Sir Robert Spottiswood, 1596 - 1646. Lord President of the Court of Session ℹ️

1636

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James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, 1606 - 1649. Royalist ℹ️

1640

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James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, 1612 - 1650. Royalist ℹ️

1643

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John Mylne, 1611 - 1667. Master mason ℹ️

1650

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Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, 1632 - 1696. In command at Glencoe ℹ️

1654

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Lady Jean Campbell, Marchioness of Lothian, d. 1700. Wife of the 1st Marquess of Lothian ℹ️

1654

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Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian, 1636 - 1703. Statesman ℹ️

1654

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Catherine of Braganza, 1638 - 1705. Queen of Charles II ℹ️

1660s

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John Lindsay, 17th Earl of Crawford, 1596 - 1678. Statesman ℹ️

1663

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John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee ℹ️

1675

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Charles II, 1630 - 1685. King of Scots 1649 - 1685, King of England and Ireland, 1660 - 1685 ℹ️

1681

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Gilbert Burnet, 1643 - 1715. Bishop of Salisbury ℹ️

1681

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James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, 1662 - 1711. Statesman ℹ️

1685

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Princess of Denmark ℹ️

1685

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Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, 1647 - 1704. Man of science ℹ️

1692

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The Family of John Hay, 1st Marquess Tweeddale, 1626 - 1697. Lord High Chancellor of Scotland ℹ️

1695

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Yester House (View of the policies, including the canal and cascades) ℹ️

1700

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Alexander Robertson of Struan, c 1670 - 1749. Jacobite, poet and clan chieftain ℹ️

1700c

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(Probably) Sir James Steuart, 1st Baronet of Goodtrees and Coltness, 1681 - 1727 ℹ️

1720

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John Arbuthnot, 1667 - 1735. Physician and wit ℹ️

1720

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John Ker, 5th Earl and 1st Duke of Roxburghe, about 1680 - 1741. Statesman ℹ️

1722

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Sir John Clerk of Penicuik, 1676 - 1755. Judge of the Exchequer Court in Scotland ℹ️

1725

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queen-caroline-of-brandenburg-ansbach-16831737-consort-of-george-ii-213344 ℹ️

1727

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Clementina Walkinshaw, c 1720 - 1802. Mistress of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ℹ️

1730s

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Sir James Macdonald 1741 - 1766 and Sir Alexander Macdonald 1744/1745 - 1795 ℹ️

1730s

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Field-Marshal George Wade, 1673 - 1748. Commander-in-chief in Scotland ℹ️

1731

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Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1720 - 1788. Eldest son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ℹ️

1737

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Prince Henry Benedict Clement Stuart, 1725 - 1807. Cardinal York; younger brother of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ℹ️

1737

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Charles Campbell of Lochlane, died 1751. Advocate ℹ️

1740

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Prince Henry Benedict Clement Stuart, 1725 - 1807. Cardinal Duke of York ℹ️

1748

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Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1720 - 1788. Eldest son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ℹ️

1750

by unknown

William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 1721 - 1765. Youngest son of George II ℹ️

1758

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Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1682 - 1761. Statesman ℹ️

1759

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James Spreull, d. 1769. Merchant in Glasgow and benefactor of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospels in the Highlands and Islands ℹ️

1760

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General Sir James Steuart Denham of Coltness, 1744 - 1839 ℹ️

1761

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George III, 1738 - 1820. Reigned 1760 - 1820 ℹ️

1763

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Queen Charlotte; Princess Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1744 - 1818. Queen of George III ℹ️

1763

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Rev. Thomas Drummond ℹ️

1766

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Princess Louisa of Stolberg, 1753 - 1824. Wife of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ℹ️

1772

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Robert Burns, 1759 - 1796. Poet ℹ️

1780s

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Thomas Walker Baird, 1761 - 1846. Advocate ℹ️

1790

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Unidentified man (formerly called Rev. Hugh Chalmers, 1648 - 1707. Covenanting minister of Marnoch) ℹ️

1800

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Brigadier James Wolfe-Murray of Cringletie, 1814 - 1890 ℹ️

1800c

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Elizabeth, Queen of England, 1533 - 1603 (reigned 1568 - 1603) ℹ️

1800c

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Thomas Thomson, 1773 - 1852. Chemist ℹ️

1800c

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James ('Purlie') Wilson, 1757 - 1820. Radical Reformer ℹ️

1810

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Edinburgh from Canonmills ℹ️

1820

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George Thomson, 1757 - 1851. Collector of Scottish songs ℹ️

1820

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Thomas Purdie ('Tam'), 1767 - 1829. Personal attendant to Sir Walter Scott ℹ️

1822

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Archibald Macnab, 1777 - 1860. 13th Laird of Macnab ℹ️

1830

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Thomas Bruce, 1785 - 1850. Depute Clerk of Session and friend of Sir Walter Scott ℹ️

1830

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George Lyon Carrick, b. 1840 ℹ️

1846

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Jessie Mary Carrick, b. 1842 ℹ️

1846

by unknown

Highland Games at Holland Park ℹ️

1849

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John Knox's House, Edinburgh ℹ️

1850

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John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell, 1779 - 1861. Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor ℹ️

1850s

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James Ballantyne, 1808 - 1877. Artist and author ℹ️

1860

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Rev. John Cairns, 1818 - 1892. United Presbyterian divine ℹ️

1860

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Rev. Thomas Guthrie, 1803 - 1873. Preacher and philanthropist ℹ️

1860

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Sir William Jardine, 1800 - 1874. Naturalist ℹ️

1860

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George Maccallum, 1840 - 1868. Sculptor ℹ️

1860s

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Alexander Henry Rhind, 1833 - 1863. Lawyer and Egyptologist ℹ️

1863

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John Burn, 1802 - 1885. Surgeon ℹ️

1870

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William Black, 1841 - 1898. Novelist (Study for A knight of the seventeenth century in Glasgow Art Gallery) ℹ️

1877

by unknown

by Abraham Lambertsz van den Tempel

Sir William Davidson of Curriehill, 1615 / 1616 - 1689. Conservator of the Staple at Veere (with his son Charles) ℹ️

1663

William Drummond of Hawthornden ℹ️

1612

by Abraham van Blijenberch

James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland 1567 - 1625. King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625 ℹ️

George Seton, 8th Lord Seton and 3rd Earl of Winton, 1584 - 1650. Royalist (With his sons, George, Lord Seton, 1613 - 1648 and Alexander, 1st Viscount Kingston, 1620 - 1691. Royalists) ℹ️

1625

Lady Anne Hay, Countess of Winton, about 1592 - 1625 / 1628. Wife of the 3rd Earl of Winton ℹ️

1625

John Erskine, 2nd Earl of Mar, c 1562 . 1634. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland ℹ️

1626

Margaret Graham, Lady Napier, d. c 1626. Sister of 1st Marquess of Montrose and wife of 1st Lord Napier ℹ️

1626

[Unidentified man] ℹ️

1786

by Adriaan de Lelie

Princess Mary, 1631 - 1660. Eldest daughter of Charles I; Princess of Orange ℹ️

1659

by Adriaen Hanneman

Lieutenant-General John Kirkpatrick, d. 1681. Governor of Bois-le-Duc ℹ️

1670

by Adriaen Hanneman

James VI, King of Scotland ℹ️

1595

by Adrian Vanson

Lady Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll, about 1574 - 1607. Wife of the 7th Earl of Argyll ℹ️

1599

by Adrian Vanson

The solemnization of the marriage of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart and Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska at Montefiascone 1 September 1719 ℹ️

1735

by Agostino Masucci

Alexander Carse, about 1770 - 1843. Artist (Self-portrait) (Probably Alexander Carse with his mother and sister) ℹ️

1795

by Alexander Carse

William Laing, 1764 - 1832. Bookseller ℹ️

1800c

by Alexander Carse

Alexander Carse, c 1770 - 1843. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1811

by Alexander Carse

Alexander Ignatius Roche, 1861 - 1921. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1890

by Alexander Ignatius Roche

Flora Clift Stevenson, 1840 - 1905. Educationalist and philanthropist ℹ️

1904

by Alexander Ignatius Roche

Sir William Alexander Smith, 1854 - 1914. Founder of the Boys' Brigade ℹ️

1910

by Alexander Ignatius Roche

Angus Mackay, 1812 - 1859. Piper to Queen Victoria, 1843 - 1853 ℹ️

1840

by Alexander Johnston

Falkland Palace and the Howe of Fife ℹ️

1639

by Alexander Keirincx

Seton Palace and the Forth Estuary ℹ️

1639

by Alexander Keirincx

Thomas Stewart Traill, 1781 - 1862. Professor of medical jurisprudence at Edinburgh University ℹ️

1827

by Alexander Mosses

Allan Ramsay, 1713 - 1784. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1781

Robert Burns, 1759 - 1796. Poet ℹ️

1787

Patrick Miller of Dalswinton, 1731 - 1815. Pioneer of steam navigation ℹ️

1789

Lady Honyman and her family ℹ️

1790

John Sakaeus, 1792 - 1819. Greenland Inuit whaler and draughtsman ℹ️

1816

Robert Fergusson ℹ️

1772

by Alexander Runciman

John Brown, 1749 - 1787. Artist (With Alexander Runciman, 1736 - 1785. Artist - self portrait) ℹ️

1784

by Alexander Runciman

Archibald McKay, 1801 - 1883 ℹ️

1860

by Alexander S. Mackay

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, 1688 - 1766. Son of James VII and II ℹ️

1700

by Alexis Simon Belle

Princess Louisa Maria Teresa Stuart, 1692 - 1712. Daughter of James VII and II ℹ️

1704

by Alexis Simon Belle

Anne Bayne, Mrs Allan Ramsay, d. 1743. Wife of the artist Allan Ramsay ℹ️

1739

Lady Frances Wemyss, Lady Steuart Denham, 1722 - 1789 ℹ️

1740

Alexander Murray, 1712 - 1778. Jacobite ℹ️

1742

General James Murray, 1722 - 1794. Governor of Quebec and Minorca ℹ️

1742

James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl, 1690 - 1764. Lord Privy Seal ℹ️

1743

Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1682 - 1761. Statesman ℹ️

1744

Robert Craigie, Lord Craigie, 1685 - 1766. Lord Advocate ℹ️

1744

John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun, 1705 - 1782. Soldier ℹ️

1746

Patrick Grant, Lord Elchies, 1690 - 1754. Judge ℹ️

1749

Alexander Monro of Auchenbowie ('Primus'), 1697 - 1767. ℹ️

1750

Charles Erskine, Lord Tinwald, 1680 - 1763. Lord Justice-Clerk ℹ️

1750

James Erskine, Lord Barjarg and Alva, 1722 - 1796. Scottish judge ℹ️

1750

William Grant, Lord Prestongrange, about 1701 - 1764. Judge ℹ️

1751

David Hume, 1711 - 1776. Historian and philosopher ℹ️

1754

Hew Dalrymple, Lord Drummore, 1690 - 1755. Scottish judge ℹ️

1754

David Hume ℹ️

1766

Thomas Carlyle, 1795 - 1881. Historian and essayist ℹ️

1877

by Alphonse Legros

James Ramsay Macdonald, 1866 - 1937. Prime minister ℹ️

1926

by Ambrose McEvoy

James Gibbs, 1682 - 1754. Architect ℹ️

1749

by Andrea Soldi

Robert Craig of Riccarton, 1730 - 1823. Advocate and political writer ℹ️

1765

by Andreas van der Myn

Sir Walter Pringle, Lord Newhall, c 1664 - 1736. Scottish judge ℹ️

by Andrew Allan

George Chalmers, 1742 - 1825. Author of Caledonia ℹ️

John Clerk, Lord Eldin, 1757 - 1832. Judge ℹ️

Sir John James Steuart of Allanbank, 1779 - 1849. Etcher and draughtsman ℹ️

1800c

Andrew Geddes, 1783 - 1844. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1812

Andrew Geddes, 1783 - 1844. Artist (self-portrait?) ℹ️

1812

Anthony Stewart, 1773 - 1846. Miniature painter ℹ️

1812

Archibald Constable, 1774 - 1827. Publisher ℹ️

1813

Captain Robert Skirving of Croy, 1757 - 1843. Of the East India Company, brother of Archibald Skirving ℹ️

1813

Andrew Geddes, 1783 - 1844. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1815

Sir David Wilkie, 1785 - 1841. Artist ℹ️

1816

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (Probably a study for the Discovery of the Regalia) ℹ️

1818

William Motherwell, 1797 - 1835. Poet ℹ️

by Andrew Henderson

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, 1778 - 1868. Statesman ℹ️

1835

by Andrew Morton

Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon, about 1749 - 1812. Wife of the 4th Duke of Gordon ℹ️

1772

by Angelica Kauffmann

Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, 1743 - 1827. Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland ℹ️

1774

by Angelica Kauffmann

Sir James Hall of Dunglass, 1761 - 1832. Geologist ℹ️

1785

by Angelica Kauffmann

Charles I, 1600 - 1649. Reigned 1625 - 1649 ℹ️

John Hamilton, 1st Baron Belhaven, d. 1679. Royalist (With his wife, Margaret Hamilton) ℹ️

Princess Elizabeth and Princess Anne ℹ️

1637

Thomas Hamilton, 2nd Earl of Haddington, 1600 - 1640 ℹ️

1637

Alexander Henderson, c 1583 - 1646. Presbyterian divine and diplomatist ℹ️

1640

Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, 1615 - 1672. Lord Privy Seal ℹ️

1640

Field Marshal James Francis Edward Keith, 1696 - 1758. Soldier in Russian and Prussian service ℹ️

1750

by Antoine Pesne

The Baptism of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ℹ️

1725

by Antonio David

Prince Charles Edward Stuart ℹ️

1732

by Antonio David

Prince Henry Benedict Clement Stuart, 1725 - 1807. Cardinal York; younger brother of Prince Charles Edward ℹ️

1732

by Antonio David

James Adam, 1732 - 1794. Architect and designer ℹ️

1763

by Antonio Zucchi

Adam Skirving, 1719 - 1803. Song writer; author of 'Hey, Johnnie Cope' ℹ️

1770

by Archibald Skirving

Rev. Alexander Carlyle, 1722 - 1805. Divine and pamphleteer ℹ️

1800s

by Archibald Skirving

James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland 1567 - 1625. King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625 (As a boy) ℹ️

1573

by Arnold Bronckorst

George Buchanan, 1506 - 1582. Historian, poet and reformer ℹ️

1581

by Arnold Bronckorst

Major-General Sir David Ochterlony, 1758 - 1825. Soldier ℹ️

1816

by Arthur William Devis

Elizabeth Murray, Duchess of Lauderdale, 1626 - 1698 ℹ️

1679

by Benedetto Gennari II

by Benjamin Rawlinson Faulkner

Admiral Sir John Ross, 1777 - 1856. Arctic explorer ℹ️

1834

Sir Thomas Strange, 1756 - 1841. Chief Justice in Madras ℹ️

1799

by Benjamin West

by Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein

Robert Watson, 1746 - 1838. Adventurer ℹ️

1817

Charles Hodder, 1835 - 1926. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

by Charles D. Hodder

John Galt, 1779 - 1839. Novelist ℹ️

1835

by Charles Grey

John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane, 1696 - 1782. (as a child in highland costume) ℹ️

1708

by Charles Jervas

A Golf Match ℹ️

1847

Allan Robertson, fl. 1847. Golf ball maker ℹ️

1847

Sandy Pirrie, active 1847. Golfer ℹ️

1847

The Golfers ℹ️

1847

Sir Adam Ferguson, 1771 - 1855. Soldier; friend of Sir Walter Scott ℹ️

1849

Friendly critics ℹ️

1880s

Alexander Anderson, 1845 - 1909. Poet ℹ️

1883

William Grant Stevenson, 1849 - 1919. Painter and sculptor ℹ️

1893

Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, 1849 - 1921. Statesman ℹ️

1899

Curling at Carsebreck ℹ️

1899

T.D. Thomson, fl. 1899. Of Dirleton Curling Club ℹ️

1899

Very Rev. Dr John Gillespie, 1836 - 1912. Minister and agriculturalist ℹ️

1899

Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin and 13th Earl of Kincardine, 1849 - 1917. Statesman and Viceroy of India ℹ️

1899

George V (1865–1936), reigned 1910–1936 ℹ️

1924

by Charles Sims

Patrick Grant ℹ️

1822

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

1829

Alexander Cowan, 1775 - 1859. Paper-maker and philanthropist ℹ️

1836

Sir Ralph Abercromby, 1734 - 1801. General ℹ️

1852

Mark Napier, 1798 - 1879. Historical biographer ℹ️

1867

Mary of Guise, 1515 - 1560. Queen of James V ℹ️

1530s

by Corneille de Lyon

by Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen

Robert, Lord Bruce, later 2nd Earl of Elgin and 1st Earl of Ailesbury (1626 - 1685) ℹ️

1633

William Sharp (nom de plume 'Fiona Macleod'), 1855 - 1905. Author and poet ℹ️

1898

by Daniel A. Wehrschmidt

James Stuart of Dunearn, 1775 - 1849. Duellist and pamphleteer ℹ️

Thomas Duncan, 1807 - 1845. Artist ℹ️

John Wilson, 1800 - 1849. Singer and composer of songs ℹ️

1830

Rev. Thomas Chalmers, 1780 - 1847. Preacher and social reformer ℹ️

1843

Henry Marshall, 1775 - 1851. Physician and military hygienist ℹ️

1850

Charles Mackay, 1787 - 1857. Actor ℹ️

1854

Horatio McCulloch, 1805 - 1867. Landscape painter ℹ️

1859

Rev. James Begg, 1808 - 1883. Free Church Minister ℹ️

1869

Alexander Whitelaw, 1823 - 1879. Industrialist and philanthropist ℹ️

1870

Rev. James Taylor, 1813 - 1892. Minister and author ℹ️

1873

Arthur Perigal, 1816 - 1884. Landscape painter ℹ️

1881

Portrait James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton ℹ️

1629

by Daniël Mijtens

Alexander Wood, 1726 - 1807. Surgeon ℹ️

1805

by David Alison

Niel Gow, 1727 - 1807. Violinist and composer (With his brother Donald Gow, fl. c 1780. Cellist) ℹ️

1780

Anne Forbes, 1745 - 1834. Artist ℹ️

1781

James Craig, 1739 - 1795. Architect ℹ️

1781

James Tassie, 1735 - 1799. Sculptor and gem engraver ℹ️

1781

William Inglis. Surgeon and Captain of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers ℹ️

1787

Thomas Hobbes, 1588 - 1679. Philosopher ℹ️

1649

by David Beck

Sir Adam Ferguson, 1771 - 1855. Soldier; friend of Sir Walter Scott (with Lady Ferguson) ℹ️

1800c

by David Cooke Gibson

William Mackay Mackenzie, 1872 - 1952. Historian ℹ️

1914

by David Foggie

John Hume of Ninewells, 1709 - 1786. Brother of David Hume ℹ️

Mary Knox, Mrs Andrew Duncan, d. 1839. Wife of Andrew Duncan, the physician ℹ️

Rev. Alexander Webster, 1707 - 1784. Moderator of the General Assembly ℹ️

Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull, 1710 - 1787. Statesman ℹ️

Alexander Udney, older brother to George ℹ️

1757

David Martin, 1737 - 1797. Portrait painter (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1760

James Russell, d. 1773. Professor of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh) University (With his son James Russell, 1754 - 1836. President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh) ℹ️

1769

Elizabeth Rannie, Viscountess Melville, 1751 - 1843. Wife of 1st Viscount Melville. ℹ️

1770

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, 1742 - 1811. Statesman ℹ️

1770

Willielma Campbell, Viscountess Glenorchy, 1741 - 1786. Religious enthusiast and benefactor of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ℹ️

1770s

Rev. Robert Henry, 1718 - 1790. Historian ℹ️

1771

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, 1705 - 1793. Lord Chief Justice ℹ️

1777

Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland, 1736 - 1795 ℹ️

1787

Mary Barbara Drummond, Mrs William Abernethy Drummond, 1721 / 1722 - 1789. Wife of the Bishop of Edinburgh ℹ️

1788

William Abernethy Drummond, 1719 / 1720 - 1809. Bishop of Edinburgh ℹ️

1788

Henry Home, Lord Kames, 1696 - 1782. Scottish judge and author ℹ️

1794

William Henry Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian, about 1712 - 1775. General ℹ️

by David Morier

Unidentified minister (Sketch for the The Signing of the Deed of Demission, The Disruption of the Church of Scotland 1843) ℹ️

1843

Unidentified minister (Sketch for the The Signing of the Deed of Demission, The Disruption of the Church of Scotland 1843) ℹ️

1843

Unidentified minister (Sketch for the The Signing of the Deed of Demission, The Disruption of the Church of Scotland 1843) ℹ️

1843

Rev. Thomas Chalmers, 1780 - 1847. Preacher and social reformer (With his grandson Thomas Chalmers Hanna) ℹ️

1853

Minister (unidentified) ℹ️

1900c

Minister (unidentified) ℹ️

1900c

David Scott, 1806 - 1849. Artist ℹ️

1832

by David Scott

George Gillespie ℹ️

1600c

by David Scougall

Sir Peter Wedderburn, Lord Gosford, c 1616 - 1679. Judge ℹ️

1660s

by David Scougall

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 1598 - 1661. Statesman ℹ️

1661

by David Scougall

Sir David Wilkie, 1785 - 1841. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

Sir David Wilkie, 1785 - 1841. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

Sir Robert Liston, 1742 - 1836. Diplomat ℹ️

1811

The Abbotsford family ℹ️

1817

General Sir David Baird, 1757 - 1829. Soldier (Study for Sir David Baird discovering the body of Tippoo Sahib) ℹ️

1830s

Queen Adelaide, 1792 - 1849. Princess Adelaide Louisa Theresa Caroline Amelia of Saxe-Meiningen. Queen of William IV ℹ️

1833

William IV, 1765 - 1837. Reigned 1830 - 1837 ℹ️

1837

David Allan, 1744 - 1796. Artist ℹ️

1774

by Domenico Corvi

Captain William Hay of Edington, 1706 - 1760. Adherent of the Stuarts ℹ️

1739

Dr John Irwin, b. about 1687, d. 1759. Physician to the Stuarts at Rome ℹ️

1739

John Drummond, 4th titular Duke of Perth, 1714 - 1747. Jacobite ℹ️

1739

Sir James Steuart Denham, 1713 - 1780 ℹ️

1739

Jane Maria Grant, Lady Strachey, 1840 - 1928. Writer ℹ️

1920

by Dora Carrington

Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska, 1702 - 1735. Wife of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ℹ️

by E. Gill

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, 1688 - 1766. Son of James VII and II ℹ️

1720s

by E. Gill

Joseph Crawhall, 1861 - 1913. Artist ℹ️

1884

by Edward Arthur Walton

Dr Arthur Walton, 1897 - 1959. Son of Edward Arthur Walton. (as a child) ℹ️

1900

by Edward Arthur Walton

John George Bartholomew, 1860 - 1920. Cartographer ℹ️

1911

by Edward Arthur Walton

Portrait of a young Scotsman: Fionn MacColla, 1906 - 1975. ℹ️

1932

by Edward Baird

Duncan McLaren, 1800 - 1886. Lord Provost of Edinburgh ℹ️

1891

by Edward John Gregory

Sir William Thomson, Baron Kelvin, 1824 - 1907. Scientist ℹ️

1880s

by Elizabeth Thompson King

Miss Maidie and Miss Elsie Scott ℹ️

1915

by Eric Robertson

Princess Maria Clementina Sobieska, 1702 - 1735. Wife of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ℹ️

1719

by Francesco Trevisani

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, 1688 - 1766. Son of James VII and II ℹ️

1720

by Francesco Trevisani

Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, 1883 - 1937. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1914

by Francis Cadell

Elizabeth Campbell, Mrs Joseph Adams, d. 1816 ℹ️

1762

John Hooke Campbell-Hooke, 1733 - 1795 ℹ️

1762

Pryse Campbell (1726 - 1768) ℹ️

1762

Sarah Bacon, Mrs Pryse Campbell (1726 - 1770) ℹ️

1762

Colonel Alexander Campbell, 1737 - 1785 ℹ️

1763

George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, 1787 - 1876. Agriculturist ℹ️

1800c

Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham, 1763 - 1845 ℹ️

1830

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

1831

A Meet of the Fife Hounds ℹ️

1833

John Gibson Lockhart, 1794 - 1854. Son-in-law and biographer of Scott ℹ️

1850

General Sir James Hope Grant, 1808 - 1875. Soldier (As Colonel of the 9th Lancers) ℹ️

1853

John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell, 1779 - 1861. Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor ℹ️

1861

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1868 - 1928. Architect (study for group portrait The Building Committee of the Glasgow School of Art in the collection of Glasgow School of Art) ℹ️

1914

by Francis Henry Newbery

James Byres of Tonley and members of his family ℹ️

1780

by Franciszek Smuglewicz

Mary, Queen of Scots ℹ️

1561

by François Clouet

Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange ℹ️

1569

by François Clouet

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, 1688 - 1766. Son of James VII and II ℹ️

1701

by François de Troy

William Ewart Gladstone, 1809 - 1898. Liberal statesman and author ℹ️

1879

by Franz von Lenbach

Queen Victoria, 1819 - 1901. Reigned 1837 - 1901 ℹ️

1840

by Franz Xaver Winterhalter

General Sir James Macdonell, 1781 - 1857. Soldier ℹ️

1800c

by Frederick Richard Say

Walter Francis Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch and 7th Duke of Queensberry, 1806 - 1884. Lord Privy Seal ℹ️

1850

by Frederick Richard Say

Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton (later Duchess of Argyll), 1733 - 1790. Famous beauty ℹ️

Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton (later Duchess of Argyll), 1733 - 1790. Famous beauty ℹ️

1700c

William Hamilton of Bangour, 1704 - 1754. Poet ℹ️

1748

Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and later Duchess of Argyll, 1733 - 1790 ℹ️

1751

Douglas Hamilton, 8th Duke of Hamilton and 5th Duke of Brandon, 1756 - 1799 (with Dr John Moore, 1730 - 1802, and Sir John Moore, 1761 - 1809, as a young boy) ℹ️

1770s

William Blakeney, Lord Blakeney, 1672 - 1761. The defender of Minorca ℹ️

1756

by George Chalmers

George Drummond, 1687 - 1766. Lord Provost of Edinburgh ℹ️

1764

by George Chalmers

Sir Alexander Macdonald ℹ️

1772

by George Chalmers

The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 ℹ️

by George Chambers

George Denholm Armour, 1864 - 1949. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1920

by George Denholm Armour

Francis Napier, 10th Baron Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick, 1819 - 1898. Diplomat and Governor of Madras ℹ️

1866

by George Frederic Watts

The Marquess of Breadalbane with Lord Cockburn, the Marquess of Dalhousie and Lord Rutherfurd ℹ️

1850

by George Harvey

Rev. Thomas Guthrie, 1803 - 1873. Preacher and philanthropist (With his children, Patrick and Anne, fishing on Lochlee) ℹ️

1855

by George Harvey

Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch of Balgowan, 1748 - 1843. General ℹ️

1822

by George Hayter

Thomas Francis Kennedy, 1788 - 1879. Liberal politician ℹ️

1838

by George Hayter

Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston, c 1610 - 1663. Statesman ℹ️

Sir John Campbell of Glenorchy, 1606 / 1607 - 1686 ℹ️

Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy, 1579 - 1657 ℹ️

Anne Erskine, Countess of Rothes, d. 1640. Wife of the 6th Earl of Rothes. (With her daughters, Lady Margaret Leslie, 1621 - 1688 and Lady Mary Leslie, b. 1620) ℹ️

1626

Sir Thomas Hope, d. 1646. Lord Advocate of Scotland ℹ️

1627

Sir Archibald Acheson (1583 -1634). Secretary of State ℹ️

1631

George Jamesone, 1589 / 1590 - 1644. Portrait painter (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1633

Lady Margaret Douglas, Marchioness of Argyll, 1610 - 1678. Wife of the 1st Marquess of Argyll ℹ️

1634

Campbell of Glenorchy Family Tree ℹ️

1635

William Keith, 7th Earl Marischal, 1614 - 1661. Leader of the Covenanters ℹ️

1636

Sir Archibald Napier, 1st Lord Napier, 1576 - 1645. Extraordinary Lord of Session ℹ️

1637

William Graham, 7th Earl of Menteith and 1st Earl of Airth, 1589 - 1661. President of the Privy Council. ℹ️

1637

George Jamesone, 1589 / 1590 - 1644. Portrait painter (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1641

The Baptism of Prince Maurice of Battenberg ℹ️

1891

by George Ogilvy Reid

George Paul Chalmers, 1833 - 1878. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1800c

John Hutchison, 1833 - 1910. Sculptor ℹ️

1800c

John Pettie, 1839 - 1893. Artist ℹ️

1863

Waller Hugh Paton, 1828 - 1895. Artist ℹ️

1867

George Manson, 1850 - 1876. Artist ℹ️

1870s

William McTaggart, 1835 - 1910. ℹ️

1870s

David Law, 1831 - 1901. Engraver and etcher ℹ️

1878

Thomas Stevenson, 1818 - 1887. Lighthouse and harbour engineer ℹ️

George Hope, 1811 - 1876. Agriculturist ℹ️

1874

George Washington Wilson, 1823 - 1893. Commercial photographer ℹ️

1879

Samuel Smiles, 1812 - 1904. Author and reformer ℹ️

1879

Dr John Brown, 1810 - 1882. Physician and author of Rab and his Friends ℹ️

1881

Professor Peter Guthrie Tait, 1831 - 1901. Professor of Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh University ℹ️

1883

William Forbes Skene, 1809 - 1892. Historian and Celtic scholar ℹ️

1888

Rev. Robert Rainy, 1826 - 1906. Principal of New College ℹ️

1890

Samuel Smiles, 1812 - 1904. Author and reformer ℹ️

1891

Sir Daniel Wilson, 1816 - 1892. Antiquary ℹ️

1891

Professor John Stuart Blackie, 1809 - 1895. Scholar and poet ℹ️

1893

Professor William Robertson Smith, 1846 - 1894. Theologist and Semitic scholar ℹ️

1894

Rev. Walter Chalmers Smith, 1824 - 1908. Free Church minister and poet ℹ️

1894

Professor David Masson, 1822 - 1907. Historian and author ℹ️

1896

Sir Arthur Mitchell, 1826 - 1909. Writer on insanity and antiquary ℹ️

1896

[Unidentified man] ℹ️

1898

John Ritchie Findlay of Aberlour, 1824 - 1898. Proprietor of the Scotsman; founder of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery ℹ️

1899

John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross of Glasclune, 1837 - 1905. Lord President of the Court of Session ℹ️

1900

Sir Henry Duncan Littlejohn, 1826 - 1914. President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh ℹ️

1907

James Syme, 1799 - 1870. Surgeon ℹ️

1857

by George Richmond

General Sir Archibald Campbell, 1739 - 1791. Soldier ℹ️

Jane Maxwell, Duchess of Gordon, c 1749 - 1812. Wife of the 4th Duke of Gordon (With her son, George Duncan, 1770 - 1836. Marquess of Huntly, later 5th Duke of Gordon. General) ℹ️

1778

James Carmichael Smyth, 1742 - 1821. Physician ℹ️

1780s

Major-General James Stuart, about 1735 - 1793. Commander-in-Chief in Madras ℹ️

1780s

Mrs James Carmichael Smyth, died 1803 ℹ️

1780s

John McArthur, 1755 - 1840. Writer on naval topics ℹ️

1795

Catherine Sandeman, Mrs Waterston, 1755 - 1831 ℹ️

1822

by George W. Simson

Andrew Bell, 1726 - 1809. Engraver and publisher ℹ️

Anne Rutherford, Mrs Walter Scott, about 1739 - 1819. Mother of Sir Walter Scott ℹ️

William Smellie, 1740 - 1795. Printer, naturalist and antiquary ℹ️

1793

Robert Jameson, 1774 - 1854. Mineralogist ℹ️

1800

Archibald Skirving, 1749 - 1819. Artist ℹ️

1800c

Gregor MacGregor, 1786 - 1845. Adventurer ℹ️

1804

Archibald Maclean, 1733 - 1812. Baptist minister ℹ️

1810

George Watson, 1767 - 1837. Artist and first President of the Scottish Academy (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1816

John Beugo, 1759 - 1841. Engraver ℹ️

by George Willison

James Boswell ℹ️

1765

by George Willison

Mohamed Ali Khan Walejah, 1717 - 1795. Nawab of the Carnatic ℹ️

1777

by George Willison

Lady Margaret Hay, Countess of Roxburghe, about 1657 - 1753 ℹ️

1675

by Gerard Soest

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

by Gilbert Stuart Newton

Captain Hugh Clapperton, 1788 - 1827. African explorer ℹ️

1825

by Gildon Manton

Robert Louis Stevenson ℹ️

1892

by Girolamo P. Nerli

Queen Anne, 1665 - 1714. Reigned 1702 - 1714 ℹ️

William III (1650–1702) ℹ️

1670s

Sir George Mackenzie, 1636 - 1691. Founder of the Advocates Library ℹ️

1680s

Sir George Mackenzie, 1636 - 1691. Founder of the Advocates Library ℹ️

1680s

Lord Charles Murray, 1st Earl of Dunmore, 1661 - 1710. Soldier ℹ️

1683

John Drummond, 1st Earl of Melfort, 1649 - 1714. Secretary of State for Scotland and Jacobite ℹ️

1688

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, 1545 - 1567. Consort of Mary, Queen of Scots ℹ️

1555

by Hans Eworth

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 1731 - 1804. Admiral ℹ️

1798

by Henri-Pierre Danloux

Lord Adam Gordon, c 1726 - 1801. General; Commander of forces in Scotland 1782 - 1798 ℹ️

1799

by Henri-Pierre Danloux

James Keir Hardie, 1856 - 1915. Labour leader ℹ️

1893

by Henry John Dobson

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769 - 1852. Soldier and statesman ℹ️

1837

by Henry Perronet Briggs

George Hay, 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, 1787 - 1876. Agriculturist ℹ️

Unidentified [or unknown] man ℹ️

General Robert Melville, 1723 - 1809. Soldier and antiquary ℹ️

1700c

Rear-Admiral Charles Inglis, about 1731 - 1791. Sailor ℹ️

1700c

James Hutton ℹ️

1776

Niel Gow, 1727 - 1807. Violinist and composer ℹ️

1787

Professor Andrew Dalzel, 1742 - 1806. Classical scholar ℹ️

1790s

Professor John Bruce, 1745 - 1826. Historian ℹ️

1794

Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore, d. 1797. Poet and politician ℹ️

1794

Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore, d. 1797. Poet and politician ℹ️

1794

Rev. Alexander Carlyle, 1722 - 1805. Divine and pamphleteer ℹ️

1796

Robert Macqueen, Lord Braxfield, 1722 - 1799. Lord Justice-Clerk ℹ️

1798

Lady Montgomery, née Helen Graham, d. 1828. ℹ️

1800c

Professor John Wilson (nom de plume, 'Christopher North'), 1785 - 1854. Author and moral philosopher ℹ️

1800c

Francis Horner, 1778 - 1817. Political economist ℹ️

1800s

Charles Hope, Lord Granton, 1763 - 1851. Lord President of the Court of Session ℹ️

1804

Rev. Dr John Erskine, 1721 - 1803. Theologian ℹ️

1804

Alexander Adam, 1741 - 1809. Rector of the Royal High School, Edinburgh ℹ️

1805

Robert Montgomery, 1774 - 1854. Barrister ℹ️

1805

Lt. General Sir John Hope, 1765 - 1836. ℹ️

1806

Margaret Scott of Logie, Mrs John Hope, died c 1813 ℹ️

1806

William Creech, 1745 - 1815. Publisher and Lord Provost of Edinburgh ℹ️

1806

John Rennie, 1761 - 1821. Engineer ℹ️

1809

Professor Dugald Stewart, 1753 - 1828. Philosopher ℹ️

1810

Elizabeth Hamilton, 1756 - 1816. Writer and educationalist ℹ️

1811

Allan Maconochie, 1st Lord Meadowbank, 1748 - 1816. Judge ℹ️

1814

John Clerk, Lord Eldin, 1757 - 1832. Judge ℹ️

1815

John Campbell, 1st Marquess of Breadalbane, 1762 - 1834. Soldier and statesman ℹ️

1822

Portrait of Sir Walter Scott ℹ️

1822

Walter Ross, active about 1822 ['The Yellow Boy'] ℹ️

1822

Robert Buchan. Artist ℹ️

1823

Thomas Campbell, 1777 - 1844. Poet and critic ℹ️

1841

by Henry Room

James Boswell and his family ℹ️

1786

by Henry Singleton

Charles II, 1630 - 1685. King of Scots 1649 - 1685. King of England and Ireland 1660 - 1685 (With James, Duke of York, 1633 - 1701, later James VII and II and Princess Mary, 1631 - 1660) ℹ️

by Henry Stone

Allan Cunningham, 1784 - 1842. Poet and critic ℹ️

Daniel Terry, about 1780 - 1829. Actor and dramatist ℹ️

1813

General Sir George Murray, 1772 - 1846. Soldier and statesman ℹ️

1825

Thomas Drummond, 1797 - 1840. Irish administrator ℹ️

1835

Joseph Anderson, 1832 - 1916. Antiquary ℹ️

1911

by Henry Wright Kerr

John Scott Russell, 1808 - 1882. Naval architect ℹ️

1800c

by Henry Wyndham Phillips

Herbert Spencer, 1820 - 1903. Philosopher ℹ️

1898

by Hubert von Herkomer

Robert Henry Wyndham, 1814 - 1894. Actor and theatrical manager ℹ️

1872

by Hugh Collins

Charlotte Stuart, Duchess of Albany, 1753 - 1789. Daughter of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ℹ️

1780s

by Hugh Douglas Hamilton

Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1720 - 1788. Eldest son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ℹ️

1784

by Hugh Douglas Hamilton

John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale, 1645 - 1713. Parliamentarian ℹ️

by Jacob Ferdinand Voet

Thomas Alexander Graham, 1840 - 1906. Artist ℹ️

James Archer, 1822 - 1904. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1800c

Alexander Smith, 1830 - 1867. Poet and writer ℹ️

1856

Sir David Murray, 1849 - 1933. Artist ℹ️

1890

George Anderson Lawson, 1832 - 1904. Sculptor ℹ️

1890s

John MacWhirter, 1839 - 1911. Landscape painter ℹ️

1890s

John Pettie, 1839 - 1893. Artist ℹ️

1890s

Sir William Quiller Orchardson, 1832 - 1910. Artist ℹ️

1890s

William Ewart Lockhart, 1846 - 1900. Artist ℹ️

1890s

A View of Stornoway ℹ️

1798

by James Barret

James Cassie, 1819 - 1879. Artist ℹ️

by James Cassie

James Eckford Lauder, 1811 - 1869. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1830

by James Eckford Lauder

Portrait of a Boy ℹ️

1830

by James Eckford Lauder

James Faed, 1856 - 1920. Artist ℹ️

1904

by James Faed

Rev. Alexander Whyte, 1836 - 1921. Principal of New College, Edinburgh ℹ️

1900

Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of Fallodon, 1862 - 1933. Statesman. (Study for portrait in Statesman of the Great War, National Portrait Gallery, London) ℹ️

1900c

George Nicoll Barnes, 1859 - 1940. Statesman. (Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War, National Portrait Gallery, London) ℹ️

1900c

Sir Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, 1854 - 1925. Statesman. (Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War) ℹ️

1900c

Sir Joseph Cook, 1860 - 1947. Prime Minister of Australia. (Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War) ℹ️

1900c

Some statesmen of the Great War ℹ️

1900c

Sir James Guthrie, 1859 - 1930. Artist and President of the Royal Scottish Academy (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1900s

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1836 - 1908. Statesman ℹ️

1908

General Louis Botha, 1863 - 1919. Soldier and statesman. (Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War, National Portrait Gallery, London) ℹ️

1910s

David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, 1863 - 1945. Statesman ℹ️

1919

Sir Winston Churchill, 1874 - 1965. Statesman ℹ️

1919

Sri Ganga Singh Bahadur, the Maharaja of Bikaner, 1880 - 1943. Statesman (Study for portrait in Statesman of the Great War, National Portrait Gallery, London) ℹ️

1919

William Morris Hughes, 1862 - 1952. Prime Minister of Australia. (Study for portrait in Statesman of the Great War) ℹ️

1919

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1848 - 1930. Statesman. (Study for portrait in Statesman of the Great War, National Portrait Gallery, London) ℹ️

1920

Andrew Bonar Law, 1858 - 1923. Statesman (study for portrait in Statesmen of World War I, 1914 - 1918, in the National Portrait Gallery, London) ℹ️

1924

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (Study for PG 937) ℹ️

1830s

by James Hall

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

1838

by James Hall

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

1800c

by James Howe

James Coull, 1786 - 1880 ℹ️

1880

by James Irvine

William Veitch, 1794 - 1885. Classical scholar ℹ️

1881

by James Irvine

Queen Victoria, 1819 - 1901. Reigned 1837 - 1901 ℹ️

1881

by James Jebusa Shannon

Sir Daniel Macnee, 1806 - 1882. Artist ℹ️

1870

by James Macbeth

Taymouth Castle (View of Taymouth Castle from the south) ℹ️

by James Norie

Edinburgh from the West ℹ️

1745

by James Norie

Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham, 1763 - 1845 ℹ️

by James Northcote

Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore, 1761 - 1809. Soldier (Fragment of The Death of Abercromby) ℹ️

1801

by James Northcote

The German fleet after surrender, Firth of Forth, 21 November 1918 ℹ️

1918

by James Paterson

Rev. Robert Lee, 1804 - 1868. Regius Professor of Biblical Criticism ℹ️

1853

by James R. Edgar

Rev. John Cairns, 1818 - 1892. United Presbyterian divine ℹ️

1862

by James R. Edgar

Rev. Thomas Guthrie, 1803 - 1873. Preacher and philanthropist (Exhibited as Dr Guthrie on a Mission of Mercy) ℹ️

1862

by James R. Edgar

John Clerk of Eldin, 1728 - 1812. Author of Essay on Naval Tactics ℹ️

1804

by James Saxon

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

1805

by James Saxon

John Milne Donald, 1819 - 1866. Artist ℹ️

by James Stewart

Anne MacVicar, Mrs James Grant of Laggan, 1755 - 1838. Writer ℹ️

Professor George Joseph Bell, 1770 - 1843. Jurist ℹ️

Henry Bell, 1767 - 1830. Marine engineer ℹ️

1820

George Chalmers, 1742 - 1825. Author of Caledonia ℹ️

1823

Arthur Johnston, c 1577 - 1641. Poet and physician ℹ️

by James Wales

Charles Leslie ('Mussel Mou'd Charlie'), 1677- 1782. Jacobite ballad-singer ℹ️

1780

by James Wales

Andrew Carrick, 1802 - 1860. Father of William Carrick, the photographer ℹ️

1833

by Jan Ksawery Kaniewski

Janet Carrick, 1810 - 1876. Mother of William Carrick, the photographer ℹ️

1833

by Jan Ksawery Kaniewski

Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Ancram, 1578 - 1654. Courtier and politician ℹ️

1654

by Jan Lievens

Henrietta Anne, Duchess of Orleans, 1644 - 1670. Fifth daughter of Charles I ℹ️

1660s

by Jean Nocret

Richard Cooper, 1701 - 1764. Engraver ℹ️

1700c

John Campbell, 3rd Earl of Breadalbane, 1696 - 1782. Statesman and diplomat ℹ️

1730

Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 1685 - 1747. Lord President of the Court of Session ℹ️

1737

James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, 1702 - 1768, and his family ℹ️

1740

Field-Marshal George Wade ℹ️

1731

by Johan van Diest

by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder

Dr. John Rogerson, 1741 - 1823. Physician and adviser to Catherine the Great ℹ️

1790s

by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

Lady Charlotte Campbell, 1775 - 1861. Writer and famous beauty ℹ️

1788

Lord Charles Gordon, 1721 - 1780 ℹ️

1738

by John Alexander

Lord Lewis Gordon, the 2nd Duke of Gordon, c 1724 - 1754 ℹ️

1738

by John Alexander

Jean Armour, Mrs Robert Burns, 1765 - 1834. Wife of the poet Robert Burns ℹ️

1822

by John Alexander Gilfillan

Professor Sir William Hamilton, 1788 - 1856. Metaphysician ℹ️

1850

John Phillip, 1817 - 1867. Artist (In his studio) ℹ️

1864

Sir George Harvey, 1806 - 1876. Artist (In his studio) ℹ️

1865

Thomas Faed, 1825 - 1900. Artist (in his studio) ℹ️

1865

Sir Joseph Noel Paton, 1821 - 1901. Artist (in his studio) ℹ️

1867

Brigadier General Lord John Hay, d. 1706. Soldier ℹ️

David Colyear, 2nd Baronet and 1st Earl of Portmore, 1657 - 1730 ℹ️

John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane, about 1635 - 1716. Soldier and statesman ℹ️

Sir Hew Dalrymple, 1652 - 1737. Lord President and politician ℹ️

1600c

Rev. Henry Erskine, 1624 - 1696. Covenanting minister ℹ️

1680s

David Melville, 3rd Earl of Leven, 1660 - 1728. Statesman and soldier ℹ️

1691

George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville, 1636 - 1707. Statesman ℹ️

1691

James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield, 1663 - 1730. Lord Chancellor ℹ️

1695

Sir John Baptiste de Medina, 1659 - 1710. Portrait painter (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1698

James Drummond, 2nd titular Duke of Perth, 1673 - 1720. Jacobite ℹ️

1700

Thomas Hamilton, 6th Earl of Haddington, 1680 - 1735. Supporter of the Union ℹ️

1700c

Sir William Bruce, about 1625 - 1710. Architect ℹ️

1705

George Dalrymple of Dalmahoy, 1680 - 1745. Baron of Exchequer ℹ️

1709

Sir James Steuart of Goodtrees, 1635 - 1713. Advocate ℹ️

1712

Sir James Steuart of Goodtrees, 1635 - 1713. Lord Advocate ℹ️

1712

Robert Alexander, 1840 - 1923. Artist ℹ️

by John Brown Abercromby

John Burr, 1831 - 1893. Artist ℹ️

by John Burr

James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland 1567 - 1625. King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625 ℹ️

1604

by John de Critz

Anna of Denmark, 1574 - 1619. Queen Consort of James VI and I ℹ️

1605

by John de Critz

Sir George Reid, 1841 - 1913. Portrait painter ℹ️

1900

by John Dick Bowie

Sir James Adolphus Oughton, 1719 - 1780. Commander-in-Chief in Scotland ℹ️

1778

by John Downman

Marjory Kennedy Fraser, 1857 - 1930. Musician and collector of Hebridean songs ℹ️

1930

by John Duncan

The Meet of the Keith Hall Foxhounds ℹ️

1824

by John Ferneley

Kenneth Macleay, 1802 - 1878. Miniature painter ℹ️

1800c

by John Gibson

Isabella Ewing, Mrs Smith of Jordanhill, 1755-1855 ℹ️

1810

by John Graham Gilbert

Joseph Hume, 1777 - 1855. Political economist ℹ️

1823

by John Graham Gilbert

Sir John Watson Gordon, 1788 - 1864. Artist ℹ️

1854

by John Graham Gilbert

Sir Thomas Sutherland, 1834 - 1922. Chairman of P. and O. Steamship Company ℹ️

1882

by John Henry Lorimer

Sir Robert Lorimer, 1864 - 1929. Architect ℹ️

1886

by John Henry Lorimer

James Lorimer, 1818 - 1890. Jurist and political philosopher ℹ️

1890

by John Henry Lorimer

William Dundas, 1762 - 1845. Politician ℹ️

by John Hoppner

Sir Ralph Abercromby, 1734 - 1801. General ℹ️

1787

by John Hoppner

Sir Thomas Strange, 1756-1841. Chief Justice in Madras ℹ️

1800c

by John Hoppner

John Hutton Balfour, 1808 - 1894. Botanist ℹ️

1878

by John Horsburgh

Margaret Chalmers, Mrs Lewis Hay, 1763 - 1843. Friend and correspondent of Robert Burns ℹ️

by John Irvine

Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, c 1781 - 1851. Antiquary ℹ️

1800c

by John Irvine

Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Paterson D.D. Free Church Minister and Author of "The Manse Garden" ℹ️

1860

by John James Napier

John Kay, 1742 - 1826. Caricaturist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1786

by John Kay

Edward Arthur Walton, 1860 - 1922. Artist (With his fiancee Helen Law or Henderson, 1859 - 1945, later Mrs Edward Arthur Walton, as Hokusai and the Butterfly) ℹ️

1889

John McLaren, Lord McLaren, 1831 - 1910. Judge ℹ️

1902

Study for 'The House of Commons - Ramsay Macdonald addressing the House' ℹ️

1924

James Maxton, 1885 - 1946. Labour politician ℹ️

1933

Thomas Carlyle, 1795 - 1881. Historian and essayist ℹ️

1844

by John Linnell

Thomas Steuart of Grandtully, 1802 - 1846. The Abbe Chevalier Steuart ℹ️

George Drummond Steuart, 1798 - 1847. Of Braco Castle ℹ️

1840

John Steuart, d. 1865. Grandson of the 4th Baronet of Grandtully ℹ️

1844

Robert Steuart, b. 1789. Grandson of the 4th Baronet of Grandtully ℹ️

1844

David Octavius Hill, 1802 - 1870. Artist and pioneer photographer ℹ️

1850

John Maclaren Barclay, 1811 - 1886. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1870

John Hamilton, 2nd Baron Belhaven, 1656 - 1708. Statesman ℹ️

Sir James Murray, Lord Philiphaugh, 1655 - 1708. Lord Clerk Register of Scotland ℹ️

Andrew Hume, Lord Kimmerghame, d. 1730. Judge ℹ️

1753

David Allan, 1744 - 1796. Artist ℹ️

1781

William Cunningham, 8th Earl of Glencairn, about 1610 - 1664. Lord Chancellor of Scotland ℹ️

1661

Susanna Hamilton, Countess of Cassillis, 1632 - 1694. First wife of the 7th Earl of Cassilis ℹ️

1662

Sir William Bruce, c 1630 - 1710. Architect ℹ️

1664

Lord Mungo Murray ℹ️

1683

Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon, 1743 - 1827. Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland ℹ️

1817

by John Moir

William Marshall, 1748 - 1833. Violinist and composer ℹ️

1817

by John Moir

George Dempster of Dunnichen, 1732 - 1818. Agriculturist and Member of Parliament ℹ️

by John Opie

John Gillies, 1747 - 1836. Historiographer Royal of Scotland ℹ️

by John Opie

John Opie, 1761 - 1807. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1785

by John Opie

John Pairman, 1788 - 1843. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

by John Pairman

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, 1773 - 1850. Judge and critic ℹ️

1823

by John Pairman

James Watt, 1736 - 1819. Engineer, inventor of the steam engine ℹ️

1806

by John Partridge

James Tassie, 1735 - 1799. Sculptor and gem engraver ℹ️

by John Paxton

George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, 1823 - 1900. Statesman ℹ️

George Paul Chalmers, 1836 - 1878. Artist ℹ️

1862

Sir William Quiller Orchardson, 1832 - 1910. Artist ℹ️

1863

Sir William Quiller Orchardson, 1832 - 1910. Artist ℹ️

1870

James Campbell Noble, 1846 - 1913. Artist ℹ️

1889

Sir David Murray, 1849 - 1933. Artist ℹ️

1890

Rev. Alexander Dyce Davidson, 1807 - 1872. Free Church minister ℹ️

1850

by John Phillip

Samuel Bough, 1822 - 1878. Landscape painter ℹ️

1856

by John Phillip

William Borthwick Johnstone, 1804 - 1868. Artist ℹ️

1861

by John Phillip

Sir Francis Grant, 1803 - 1878. Artist ℹ️

1800c

by John Prescott Knight

James Drummond, 1st titular Duke of Perth, 1648 - 1716. Lord Chancellor of Scotland ℹ️

by John Riley

John Runciman, 1744 - 1768. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1767

by John Runciman

John Erskine, 1st Earl of Mar, d. 1572. Regent of Scotland ℹ️

Sir George Ogilvy of Barras (fl 1634 - 1679) ℹ️

Sir Roger Hog, Lord Harcarse, 1635 - 1700. Judge ℹ️

1600c

Sir Archibald Primrose, Lord Carrington, 1616 - 1679. Scottish official and judge ℹ️

1676

George II, 1683 - 1760. Reigned 1727 - 1760 ℹ️

1755

by John Shackleton

George II, 1683 - 1760. Reigned 1727 - 1760 ℹ️

1758

by John Shackleton

Sir Charles Napier, 1786 - 1860. Admiral ℹ️

1841

by John Simpson

General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, 1853 - 1947. Soldier (As Commander of the 3rd Brigade, Tirah Field Force) ℹ️

1890s

Sir Charles Loch, 1849 - 1923. Social worker ℹ️

1901

General Henry Sinclair, Baron Horne, 1861 - 1929. Soldier (Study for portrait in General Officers of World War I) ℹ️

1920s

George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne, 1866 - 1948. Field-Marshal (Study for portrait in General Officers of World War I, 1914 - 1918) ℹ️

1920s

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, 1861 - 1928. Soldier (study for portrait in General Officers of World War I, 1914 - 1918, in the National Portrait Gallery, London) ℹ️

1922

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 1731 - 1804. Admiral ℹ️

by John Singleton Copley

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 1731 - 1804. Admiral ℹ️

by John Singleton Copley

Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 1731 - 1804. Admiral ℹ️

1798

by John Singleton Copley

Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen, 1658 - 1726. Judge ℹ️

1720

by John Smibert

Robert Ranald McIan, 1803 - 1856. Actor and artist (In character as the Fighting Smith of Perth) ℹ️

1830

by John Stone

John Syme, 1795 - 1861. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

John Syme, 1795 - 1861. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

Rev. John Barclay, 1758 - 1826. Anatomist ℹ️

1816

Robert Stevenson, 1772 - 1850. Lighthouse engineer ℹ️

1833

James Charles Stuart Strange, 1753 - 1840 ℹ️

Sir James Murray-Pulteney, about 1755 - 1811. Soldier and politician (With Sir John Murray, about 1768 - 1827. Soldier) ℹ️

1700c

Walter Macfarlan of Macfarlan, d. 1767. Antiquary ℹ️

1757

Sir Hugh Paterson, 1686 - 1777. Jacobite ℹ️

1776

James Thomson, 1700 - 1748. Poet ℹ️

1726

by John Vanderbank

Captain Thomas Hamilton, 1789 - 1842. Soldier and writer ℹ️

Rev. Thomas McCrie, 1772 - 1835. Seceding divine and ecclesiastical historian ℹ️

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

David Boyle, Lord Boyle, 1772 - 1853. Lord President of the Court of Session ℹ️

1800c

Robert Henry Wyndham, 1814 - 1894. Actor and theatrical manager ℹ️

1800c

Sir John Shaw Lefevre, 1797 - 1879. Clerk of the Parliaments ℹ️

1800c

Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, 1766 - 1845. Songwriter ℹ️

1818

Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne, 1766 - 1845. Songwriter (With her son William Murray Nairne, later 6th Lord Nairne, 1808 - 1837) ℹ️

1818

Fox Maule, 11th Earl of Dalhousie and 2nd Baron Panmure, 1801 - 1874. Parliamentarian ℹ️

1821

Patrick Fraser Tytler, 1791 - 1849. Historian ℹ️

1825

Professor John Wilson (nom de plume, 'Christopher North'), 1785 - 1854. Author and moral philosopher ℹ️

1829

James Hogg, 'The Ettrick Shepherd' ℹ️

1830

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

1830

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

1830

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

1830

David Cox, 1783 - 1859. Landscape painter ℹ️

1835

Henry Thomas, Lord Cockburn, 1779 - 1854. Judge and author ℹ️

1835

Major-General Sir Patrick Lindsay, 1778 - 1839. Soldier ℹ️

1835

Sir Arthur Farquhar, 1772 - 1843. Rear-Admiral ℹ️

1837

Rev. Thomas Chalmers, 1780 - 1847. Preacher and social reformer ℹ️

1838

Patrick Fraser Tytler, 1791 - 1849. Historian ℹ️

1840

James Abercromby, 1st Baron Dunfermline, 1776 - 1858. Speaker of the House of Commons ℹ️

1840s

Very Rev. Edward Bannerman Ramsay, 1793 - 1872. Dean of Edinburgh ℹ️

1841

Rev. William Cunningham, 1805 - 1861. Theologian ℹ️

1844

General Sir Neil Douglas, 1779 - 1853. Soldier ℹ️

1845

Thomas de Quincey, 1785 - 1859. Author and essayist ℹ️

1846

Thomas de Quincey, 1785 - 1859. Author and essayist ℹ️

1846

David Macbeth Moir, 1798 - 1851. Physician and author ℹ️

1850

Sir William Fergusson, 1808 - 1877. Surgeon ℹ️

1850

Thomas Babington, 1st Baron Macaulay, 1800 - 1859. Historian and statesman ℹ️

1850

Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd, 1791 - 1854. Judge ℹ️

1851

Professor John Wilson (nom de plume, 'Christopher North'), 1785 - 1854. Author and moral philosopher ℹ️

1852

Sir William Gibson Craig, 1797 - 1878. Lord Clerk Register ℹ️

1852

Sir John Archibald Murray, Lord Murray, 1779 - 1859. Judge ℹ️

1856

James Andrew Ramsay, 10th Earl and 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, 1812 - 1860. Governor-General of India ℹ️

1859

Henry Stephens, 1795 - 1874. Agricultural writer ℹ️

1860

Cosmo George Gordon, the 3rd Duke of Gordon, 1720 - 1752 ℹ️

1735

by John White Alexander

Harriet Murray, Mrs Henry Siddons, 1783 - 1844. Actress and theatrical manager ℹ️

by John Wood

Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham, 1763 - 1845 ℹ️

1843

by John Wood

John Zephaniah Bell, 1794-1883. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1810s

by John Zephaniah Bell

John Carmichael, 3rd Earl of Hyndford, 1701 - 1767. Diplomat ℹ️

1726

by Jonathan Richardson

George Paul Chalmers, 1836 - 1878. Artist ℹ️

1875

by Joseph Farquharson

David Smythe of Methven, 1711 - 1764, and his second wife Catherine Campbell of Monzie ℹ️

1761

by Joseph Henri Beschey

Sir Robert Strange, 1721 - 1792. Engraver ℹ️

1750

by Joseph Samuel Webster

Mrs John Hope, 1742 - 1767. ℹ️

1763

Robert Hay Drummond, 1711 - 1776. Archbishop of York ℹ️

1764

John Hope, 1739 - 1785. ℹ️

1769

Rev. William Robertson, 1721 - 1793. Historian. Principal of Edinburgh University ℹ️

1772

Edmund Burke, 1729 - 1797. Statesman, orator and author ℹ️

1774

Sir John Macpherson, 1745 - 1821. Governor-General of India ℹ️

1779

Professor Adam Ferguson, 1723 - 1816. Philosopher and author ℹ️

1780s

Patrick Home, 1728 - 1808 ℹ️

1786

Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 1739 - 1806. Banker and author ℹ️

1786

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, 1705 - 1793. Lord Chief Justice ℹ️

1866

Known as James Hamilton, Lord Pencaitland, 1659 - 1729. Judge ℹ️

by Juriaen Pool

Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Strathmore, 1643 - 1695. Privy Councillor ℹ️

1600c

John Leslie, 7th Earl and 1st Duke of Rothes, 1630 - 1681. Lord Chancellor ℹ️

1667

Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, 1629 - 1685. Confederate of the Duke of Monmouth ℹ️

1670

General Thomas Dalyell, c 1599 - 1685. Soldier in Russia and Commander-in-Chief in Scotland ℹ️

1670

Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, 1758 - 1805. Admiral; victor of Trafalgar ℹ️

1797

by Lemuel Francis Abbott

by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger

Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, 1555 - 1622. Lord Chancellor of Scotland ℹ️

1610

by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger

Tom Derry, fl. 1614. Jester to Anne of Denmark. (Previously called 1st Viscount Stormont) ℹ️

1614

Alexander Maconochie-Wellwood, 2nd Lord Meadowbank, 1777 - 1861. Judge ℹ️

by Martin Archer Shee

John Rennie, 1761 - 1821. Engineer ℹ️

1794

by Martin Archer Shee

George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1784 - 1860. Statesman ℹ️

1838

by Martin Archer Shee

George Udney ℹ️

1760s

by Mason Chamberlin

Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, 1733 - 1805. Lord Chancellor (As Lord Loughborough) ℹ️

1790

by Mather Brown

Sir John Struthers, 1857 - 1925. Educationalist ℹ️

1922

by Maurice Greiffenhagen

Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, 1810 - 1890. Field-marshal ℹ️

1868

by Michel Angelo Pittatore

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, 1688 - 1766. Son of James VII and II ℹ️

1691

by Nicolas de Largillière

Rev. William Lindsay Alexander, 1808 - 1884. Theologian ℹ️

1875

by Norman Macbeth

James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, c 1535 - 1578. Third husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (Study of mummified head) ℹ️

1861

by Otto Bache

Prince James receiving his son, Prince Henry, in front of the Palazzo del Re, 1747 ℹ️

1740s

by Paolo Monaldi

John Miller Gray, 1850 - 1894. Art critic and first curator of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery ℹ️

1885

by Patrick William Adam

Sir James Balfour Paul, 1846 - 1931. Lyon King of Arms ℹ️

1901

by Percy Sturdee

Hugh Hume, 3rd Earl of Marchmont, 1708 - 1794. Statesman ℹ️

1769

by Peter Falconet

Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, 1618 - 1694. Royalist general ℹ️

General George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, 1608 - 1670. Soldier and statesman ℹ️

Sir William Purves of Woodhouselee, d. 1685. Solicitor-General for Scotland ℹ️

James VII and II, when Duke of York, 1633 – 1701 ℹ️

1600c

Anne Hyde, Duchess of York, 1637 - 1671. First wife of James VII and II ℹ️

1660

John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, 1626 - 1697. Lord High Chancellor of Scotland ℹ️

1660s

James Sharp, 1618 - 1679. Archbishop of St. Andrews ℹ️

1664

John Maitland, 2nd Earl and 1st Duke of Lauderdale, 1616 - 1682. Statesman ℹ️

1664

Robert Burns, 1759 - 1796. Poet ℹ️

1780s

by Peter Taylor

The Battle of Glenshiel 1719 ℹ️

1719

by Peter Tillemans

by Philip James de Loutherbourg

The Battle of Alexandria, 21 March 1801 ℹ️

1802

by Philip James de Loutherbourg

The landing of British troops at Aboukir, 8 March 1801 ℹ️

1802

Louis XIII, 1601 - 1643. King of France ℹ️

1650

by Philippe de Champaigne

Phoebe Anna Traquair, 1852 - 1936. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1911

by Phoebe Anna Traquair

George Keith, 10th Earl Marischal, 1694 - 1778. Jacobite ℹ️

1716

by Pierre Parrocel

Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth 1744 - 1781 at home in Naples: fencing scene ℹ️

1771

by Pietro Fabris

Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Seaforth, 1744 - 1781, at home in Naples: concert party ℹ️

1771

by Pietro Fabris

John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, 1740 - 1804. Bibliophile ℹ️

1761

by Pompeo Batoni

James Bruce of Kinnaird, 1730 - 1794. African explorer ℹ️

1762

by Pompeo Batoni

Sir Theodore Martin, 1816 - 1909. Lawyer and writer ℹ️

1800c

by Reginald Cholmondeley

Sir David Murray, 1849 - 1933. Artist ℹ️

1914

by Reginald George Jennings

Sir Alexander Morison, 1779 - 1866. Alienist ℹ️

1852

by Richard Dadd

Kenneth Sutherland, 3rd Lord Duffus, d. 1734. Jacobite ℹ️

1712

Rev. Ralph Erskine, 1685 - 1752. Secession leader and poet ℹ️

1712

Andrew Macpherson of Cluny, 1640 - 1666. 15th Chief ℹ️

1725

Richard Waitt, died 1733. Portrait painter (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1728

Flora Macdonald, 1722 - 1790. Jacobite heroine ℹ️

1747

by Richard Wilson

Samuel Bough, 1822 - 1878. Landscape painter ℹ️

1869

by Robert Anderson

Admiral Sir Alexander Inglis Cochrane, 1758 - 1832. Governor of Guadeloupe ℹ️

1809

by Robert Field

Rev. James Morison, 1816 - 1893 ℹ️

1889

by Robert Gibb

David Laing, 1793 - 1878. Antiquary ℹ️

1874

Sir George Harvey, 1806 - 1876. Artist ℹ️

1874

Thomas Carlyle, 1795 - 1881. Historian and essayist ℹ️

1875

Rev. John Tulloch, 1823 - 1886. Theologian and Principal of St Andrews University ℹ️

1880

Bouverie Francis Primrose, 1813 - 1898. Secretary to the Board of Trustees for Manufactures and Fisheries ℹ️

1883

Aitken Dott, 1815 - about 1880. Art dealer ℹ️

1891

by Robert McGregor

Charles I, 1600 - 1649. Reigned 1625 - 1649 ℹ️

1609

by Robert Peake the elder

Andrew Betts Brown, 1839 - 1906. Engineer and inventor ℹ️

1888

by Robert Purves Bell

John Gibson Lockhart, 1794 - 1854, and Charlotte Sophia Scott, Mrs Lockhart, 1799 - 1837 (post-humous likeness). Son-in-law and biographer of Scott ℹ️

Robert Scott Lauder, 1803 - 1869. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

Sir Archibald Alison, 1792 - 1867. Historian ℹ️

1830

Sir John Steell, 1804 - 1891. Sculptor ℹ️

1832

Thomas Thomson, 1768 - 1852. Lawyer and legal antiquary ℹ️

1834

David Scott, 1806 - 1849. Artist ℹ️

1839

Thomas Duncan, 1807 - 1845. Artist ℹ️

1839

David Roberts, 1796 - 1864. Artist (In Arab dress) ℹ️

1840

John Henning, 1771 - 1851. Sculptor ℹ️

1840

John Gibson Lockhart, 1794 - 1854. Son-in-law and biographer of Scott ℹ️

1840s

Sir David Dundas, 1735 - 1820. General ℹ️

by Samuel Drummond

Queen Caroline; Princess Caroline Amelia Elizabeth, 1768 - 1821. Daughter of Charles, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel; Queen of George IV ℹ️

1820

by Samuel Lane

Sir John Malcolm, 1769 - 1833. Indian administrator and diplomat ℹ️

1826

by Samuel Lane

Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, 1768 - 1838. Sailor ℹ️

1835

by Samuel Lane

Mungo Ponton, 1802 - 1880. Advocate and pioneer photographer ℹ️

1837

by Samuel Mackenzie

Samuel John Peploe, 1871 - 1935. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1911

by Samuel Peploe

Arabella Bray, Lady Wolfe-Murray, d. 1909 ℹ️

1890

by Samuel Sidley

Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe-Murray of Cringletie, 1853 - 1919 ℹ️

1893

by Samuel Sidley

George Macdonald, 1824 - 1905. Poet and novelist ℹ️

1897

by Sarah Cecilia Harrison

Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian, 1636 - 1703. Statesman ℹ️

1678

by Simon Pietersz Verelst

Charles Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff, 1889 - 1930. Translator of Proust ℹ️

1914

by Stanley Mercer

Neil Munro, 1864 - 1930. Author ℹ️

1905

by Stansmore Dean

John Rae, 1813 - 1893. Arctic explorer ℹ️

1853

by Stephen Pearce

Rev. Norman Macleod, 1812 - 1872. Divine and author ℹ️

1848

by Tavernor Knott

Robert Scott Lauder, 1803 - 1869. Artist ℹ️

1800c

Sir Theodore Martin, 1816 - 1909. Lawyer and writer ℹ️

1826

John McNeill of Colonsay and Oronsay, 1767 - 1846. Agriculturist ℹ️

1833

Duncan MacNeill, Lord Colonsay, 1793 - 1874. Judge ℹ️

1836

Professor John Wilson (nom de plume, 'Christopher North'), 1785 - 1854. Author and moral philosopher ℹ️

1840

Rev. Thomas Chalmers, 1780 - 1847. Preacher and social reformer ℹ️

1840

Patrick Robertson, Lord Robertson, 1794 - 1855. Judge and Dean of Faculty ℹ️

1843

Sir Walter Scott and his friends at Abbotsford ℹ️

1848

by Thomas Faed

Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, c 1781 - 1851. Antiquary ℹ️

1829

by Thomas Fraser

Charles Douglas, 3rd Duke of Queensberry, 1698 - 1778. Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland ℹ️

by Thomas Hudson

Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, 1792 - 1863. Field-Marshal ℹ️

1860

by Thomas Jones Barker

Dr John Moore, 1730 - 1802. Physician and author ℹ️

1790

George IV, 1762 - 1830. Reigned as Regent 1811 - 1820, as King 1820 - 1830 ℹ️

1820

Elizabeth Thynne, Countess Cawdor, d. 1866 ℹ️

1827

John Frederick Campbell, 2nd Baron Campbell and 1st Earl Cawdor, 1790 - 1860 ℹ️

1829

Sir Andrew Lusk, 1st Baronet Lusk, 1810 - 1909. Businessman and Lord Mayor of London ℹ️

1862

by Thomas Mackinlay

James Wardrop, 1782 - 1869. Surgeon ℹ️

1861

by Thomas Musgrave Joy

James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale, 1759 - 1839. Statesman ℹ️

1806

by Thomas Phillips

Sir David Wilkie, 1785 - 1841. Artist ℹ️

1811

by Thomas Phillips

Thomas Sword Good, 1789 - 1872. Painter in Berwick (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1816

by Thomas Sword Good

James Howe, 1780 - 1836. Animal and portrait painter ℹ️

1819

by Thomas Sword Good

Sir James Dewar, 1842 – 1923. Chemist ℹ️

1900

by Thomas William Dewar

David Scott, 1746 - 1805. Merchant and Director of the East India Company ℹ️

1775

by Tilly Kettle

Unidentified naval officer (formerly identified as Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 1731 - 1804) ℹ️

1795

by Tilly Kettle

Wellbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, 1713 - 1802. Statesman ℹ️

by Timothy Collopy

Thomas Carlyle, 1795 - 1881. Historian and essayist ℹ️

1879

by Walter Greaves

Sir Donald Currie, 1825 - 1909. Shipping magnate and educational benefactor ℹ️

1908

by Walter William Ouless

Mary of Modena, 1658–1718. Consort of James VII and II ℹ️

1687

by Willem Wissing

Adam Cockburn, Lord Ormiston, 1656 - 1735. Lord Justice-Clerk ℹ️

Sir James Steuart, 1st Baronet, of Goodtrees and Coltness, 1681 - 1727 ℹ️

Susanna Kennedy, Countess of Eglinton, 1689 - 1780. Third wife of the 9th Earl of Eglinton; patroness of letters ℹ️

Sir James Campbell of Lawers and Rowallan, 1667 - 1745. Soldier ℹ️

1700c

Anne Dalrymple, Lady Steuart, d. 1736 ℹ️

1710

William Aikman, 1682 - 1731. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1711

James Thomson, 1700 - 1748. Poet ℹ️

1720

John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and Greenwich, 1680 - 1743. Soldier and statesman ℹ️

1720

John Gay, 1685 - 1732. Poet and dramatist ℹ️

1720

Patie Birnie, the Fiddler of Kinghorn ℹ️

1720

Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont, 1641 - 1724. Statesman ℹ️

1720

Allan Ramsay, 1684 - 1758. Poet ℹ️

1722

Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Lord Minto, 1693 - 1766. ℹ️

1726

John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, c 1695 - 1762. Lord Justice-General for Scotland ℹ️

1728

James Hogg, 1770 - 1835. Poet; 'The Ettrick Shepherd' (The Ettrick Shepherd's House Heating or The Celebration of his Birthday) ℹ️

1822

Matthew Hardie, 1755 - 1826. Violin maker ℹ️

1822

Sir Walter Scott with one of his daughters ℹ️

1826

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (Gala Day at Abbotsford) ℹ️

1827

William Blackwood, 1776 - 1834. Publisher ℹ️

1829

William Henry Murray, 1790 - 1852. Actor and manager of Theatre Royal, Edinburgh (As 'Paul Pry'; Crombie Sketchbook, fo. 4) ℹ️

1843

The visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Hawthornden, 14 September 1842 ℹ️

1844

William Henry Murray, 1790 - 1852. Actor and manager of Theatre Royal, Edinburgh ℹ️

1848

Lady Isabella Caroline Howard, Lady Cawdor, 1771 - 1848 ℹ️

George Steuart, about 1735 - 1806. Artist and architect ℹ️

1775

Sir David Wilkie, 1785 - 1841. Artist ℹ️

1800s

Admiral Sir George Campbell, d. 1821 ℹ️

1818

William Bell Scott, 1811 - 1890. Poet and artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1867

by William Bell Scott

Andrew Lang, 1844 - 1912. Poet and writer ℹ️

1885

by William Blake Richmond

Rev. Thomas Blacklock, 1721 - 1791. Minister of Kirkcudbright and poet ℹ️

Rev. Thomas Chalmers, 1780 - 1847. Preacher and social reformer ℹ️

1830

George Meikle Kemp, 1795 - 1844. Architect and designer of the Sir Walter Scott Monument ℹ️

1840

Isabella Burns, Mrs John Begg, 1771 - 1858. Youngest sister of Robert Burns ℹ️

1843

George Johnston, 1797 - 1855. Naturalist and author ℹ️

1849

Rev. Dr Patrick Clason, 1789 - 1867. Minister in Buccleuch Parish Church, Edinburgh ℹ️

1850

Rev. William Cunningham, 1805 - 1861. Theologian ℹ️

1850

William Cullen, 1710 - 1790. Chemist and physician ℹ️

1768

by William Cochran

William Middleton (b.1852), John Middleton (b.1855) and Eliza Middleton (b.1848) playing Croquet ℹ️

1864

by William Crawford

William Darling McKay, 1844 - 1924. Artist (Self-portrait in his studio) ℹ️

by William Darling McKay

William Delacour, d. 1767 (Self-portrait). First Master of the Trustees' Academy ℹ️

1765

by William Delacour

Anne Smith, Mrs Thomas Ruddiman, fl. 1729 - 1769. Third wife of Thomas Ruddiman ℹ️

1749

by William Denune

Thomas Ruddiman, 1674 - 1757. Philologist and publisher ℹ️

1749

by William Denune

James Hamilton, 1749 - 1835. Physician ℹ️

1831

by William Dyce

George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron, 1788 - 1824. Poet ℹ️

1822

by William Edward West

Sir William Fettes Douglas, 1822 - 1891. Artist (self-portrait) ℹ️

1845

Dr John Brown, 1810 - 1882. Physician and author of Rab and his Friends ℹ️

1850

Thomas Faed, 1825 - 1900. Artist ℹ️

1850

David Laing, 1793 - 1878. Antiquarian [recto]; a study for the figure of Luther [verso] ℹ️

1862

David Laing, 1793 - 1878. Antiquary ℹ️

1862

Henry Siddons, 1774 - 1815. Actor; eldest son of Sarah Siddons (As a child, study for a double portrait with his mother) ℹ️

by William Hamilton

John Black, 1783 - 1855. Journalist; editor of the 'Morning Chronicle' ℹ️

by William Henry Worthington

Francis George Scott, 1880 - 1958. Composer ℹ️

1933

by William Johnstone

Francis George Scott, 1880 - 1958. Composer ℹ️

1933

by William Johnstone

Mrs Hope Scott, 1897 - 1989. Patron of the Arts ℹ️

1975

by William Johnstone

John McDiarmid, 1790 - 1852. Journalist ℹ️

1852

by William Menzies Tweedie

Rev. John Home, 1722 - 1808. Historian and author of Douglas ℹ️

1762

by William Millar

Alexander Murray of Cringletie, 1687 - 1755 ℹ️

by William Mosman

Katherine Stewart, Mrs Alexander Murray, active 1718 ℹ️

by William Mosman

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Murray of Cringletie, 1719 - 1762, as a child ℹ️

1730

by William Mosman

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1860 - 1937. Author ℹ️

1904

David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, 1871 - 1936. Admiral ℹ️

1919

by William Orpen

George Allardice, 1st Baron Riddell of Walton Heath, 1865 - 1934. Newspaper prorietor and diarist ℹ️

1919

by William Orpen

Thomas Alexander Graham, 1840 - 1906. Artist ℹ️

1880

by William Quiller Orchardson

Sir James Dewar, 1842 – 1923. Chemist ℹ️

1927

by William Quiller Orchardson

George Thomson, 1757 - 1851. Collector of Scottish songs ℹ️

1846

by William Smellie Watson

Major Alexander Brown of Longformacus, 1776 - 1858. Of the East India Company (Formerly called William Ritchie) ℹ️

1849

by William Smellie Watson

William Somerville Shanks, 1864 - 1951. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1900c

by William Somerville Shanks

Henry Mackenzie, 1745 - 1831. Novelist and essayist ℹ️

1795

by William Staveley

The inauguration of Robert Burns as Poet Laureate of the Lodge ℹ️

1846

by William Stewart Watson

William Strang, 1859 - 1921. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1904

by William Strang

William Strang, 1859 - 1921. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1918

by William Strang

George IV, 1762 - 1830. Reigned as Regent 1811 - 1820, as King 1820 - 1830 (At a military review on Portobello Sands 23 August 1822) ℹ️

1828

by William Turner de Lond

Robert Moffat, 1795 - 1883. Missionary (With John Mokoteri and Sarah Roby) ℹ️

1842

by William Wallace Scott

Rev. John Jamieson, 1759 - 1838. Antiquary and philologist ℹ️

H.R.H. Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, 1763 - 1827. Second son of George III ℹ️

1800c

Henry Erskine, 1746 - 1817. Lord Advocate ℹ️

1800c

William Yellowlees, 1796 - 1855. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1814

Katherine Lindsay, Lady Henderland ℹ️

1830

A Prince of Berkenfeld, b. 1743 ℹ️

Countess d'Ulm, active 1761 ℹ️

1760

Lady Frances Wemyss, Lady Steuart Denham, 1722 - 1789 ℹ️

1761

Sir James Steuart Denham, 1713 - 1780 ℹ️

1761

'George Innes'. A fictitious 15th century Cardinal of the Scottish Trinitarian Order ℹ️

by unknown

Alexander Henderson, c 1583 - 1646. Presbyterian divine and diplomatist ℹ️

by unknown

Alexander Henderson, c 1583 - 1646. Presbyterian divine and diplomatist ℹ️

by unknown

Alexander Hume Campbell, 2nd Earl of Marchmont, 1675 - 1740. Statesman ℹ️

by unknown

Alexander Wilson, 1714 - 1786. Astronomer and type-founder ℹ️

by unknown

Allan Ramsay, 1684 - 1758. Poet ℹ️

by unknown

Allan Ramsay, 1684 - 1758. Poet ℹ️

by unknown

Andrew Buchanan of Drumpelier, Merchant and Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1690 - 1759 ℹ️

by unknown

Andrew Duncan, 1744 - 1828. President of the Royal Medical Society and of the Royal College of Physicians ℹ️

by unknown

Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, 1655 - 1716. Scottish patriot ℹ️

by unknown

Andrew Honyman, Bishop of Orkney, 1619 - 1675/6 ℹ️

by unknown

Anne of Denmark, 1574 - 1619. Queen of James VI and I ℹ️

by unknown

Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, 1598 - 1661. Statesman ℹ️

by unknown

Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl of Argyll, 1629 - 1685. Confederate of the Duke of Monmouth ℹ️

by unknown

Bishop William Forbes, 1585 - 1634. First Protestant Bishop of Edinburgh ℹ️

by unknown

Captain Francis Grose, 1731 - 1791. Antiquary ℹ️

by unknown

Charles Cowan, 1735 - 1805. Merchant and paper-maker ℹ️

by unknown

Charles I, 1600 - 1649. Reigned 1625 - 1649 ℹ️

by unknown

Charles I, 1600 - 1649. Reigned 1625 - 1649 ℹ️

by unknown

Charles I, 1600 - 1649. Reigned 1625 - 1649 ℹ️

by unknown

Charles I, 1600 - 1649. Reigned 1625 - 1649 (With James, Duke of York, 1633 - 1701. Later James VII and II) ℹ️

by unknown

Charles II, 1630 - 1685. King of Scots 1649 - 1685. King of England and Ireland 1660 - 1685 ℹ️

by unknown

Colonel John Blackadder, 1664 - 1729. Deputy Governor of Stirling Castle ℹ️

by unknown

David Hume, 1711 - 1776. Historian and philosopher (doubtful identification) ℹ️

by unknown

David Kennedy, 1825 - 1886. Singer ℹ️

by unknown

Flora Macdonald, 1722 - 1790. Jacobite heroine ℹ️

by unknown

Frederick II (the Great), 1712 - 1786. King of Prussia (With Field Marshal James Francis Edward Keith, 1696 - 1758 and two unidentified Prussian officers) ℹ️

by unknown

Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, 1707 - 1751. Eldest son of George II; father of George III ℹ️

by unknown

George Buchanan, 1506 - 1582. Historian, poet and reformer ℹ️

by unknown

George Dempster of Dunnichen, 1732 - 1818. Agriculturist and Member of Parliament ℹ️

by unknown

George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly, d. 1649. Royalist ℹ️

by unknown

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, 1666 - 1737. Soldier ℹ️

by unknown

George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromarty, 1630 - 1714. Statesman ℹ️

by unknown

George, 5th Lord Seton and his family ℹ️

by unknown

Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, 1593 - 1625. Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England (formerly identified as Frederick, King of Bohemia) ℹ️

by unknown

Henry Stewart, d. 1674 ℹ️

by unknown

Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, 1545 - 1567. Consort of Mary, Queen of Scots ℹ️

by unknown

James Barry ℹ️

by unknown

James Brown of Broadstone, Beith (1749-1808) ℹ️

by unknown

James Carrick Moore, 1762 / 1763 - 1834. Surgeon and associate of Edward Jenner ℹ️

by unknown

James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, 1662 - 1711. Statesman ℹ️

by unknown

James Edgar, 1688 - 1762 ℹ️

by unknown

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, 1606 - 1659. Royalist ℹ️

by unknown

James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton, 1658 - 1712. Statesman ℹ️

by unknown

James I, 1394 - 1437. Reigned 1406 - 1437 ℹ️

by unknown

James III, 1451 - 1488. Reigned 1460 - 1488 ℹ️

by unknown

James IV, 1473 - 1513. Reigned 1488 - 1513 ℹ️

by unknown

James Macpherson, 1736 - 1796. Compiler of the poems of Ossian ℹ️

by unknown

James Stuart, 4th Duke of Lennox (later 1st Duke of Richmond), 1612 - 1655. Royalist ℹ️

by unknown

James Thomson, 1700 - 1748. Poet ℹ️

by unknown

James Thomson, 1700 - 1748. Poet ℹ️

by unknown

James V, 1512 - 1542. Father of Mary, Queen of Scots. Reigned 1513 - 1542 ℹ️

by unknown

James V, 1512 - 1542. Father of Mary, Queen of Scots. Reigned 1513 - 1542 ℹ️

by unknown

James V, 1512 - 1542. Father of Mary, Queen of Scots. Reigned 1513 - 1542 ℹ️

by unknown

James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland 1567 - 1625. King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625 ℹ️

by unknown

James VI and I, 1566 - 1625. King of Scotland 1567 - 1625. King of England and Ireland 1603 - 1625 ℹ️

by unknown

James Watt, 1736 - 1819. Engineer, inventor of the steam engine ℹ️

by unknown

John Ballantyne, 1774 - 1821. Publisher ℹ️

by unknown

John Cockburn of Ormiston, 1679 - 1758. Member of the Scottish Parliament ℹ️

by unknown

John Craig, d. 1655. Physician to James VI and Charles I ℹ️

by unknown

John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, 1673 - 1747. General and diplomat ℹ️

by unknown

John Ewen, 1741 - 1821. Merchant and poet ℹ️

by unknown

John Forbes of Culloden, 1672 - 1734. Member of Parliament; elder brother of Duncan Forbes ℹ️

by unknown

John Hamilton, 2nd Baron Belhaven, 1656 - 1708. Statesman ℹ️

by unknown

John Ker, 3rd Duke of Roxburghe, 1740 - 1804. Bibliophile ℹ️

by unknown

John Leslie, 1527 - 1596. Bishop of Ross ℹ️

by unknown

John Leslie, 8th Earl of Rothes, 1679 - 1722. Vice-Admiral of Scotland ℹ️

by unknown

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, 1713 - 1792. Prime Minister ℹ️

by unknown

Katherine Bruce, Countess of Dysart, d. 1649. Wife of the 1st Earl of Dysart ℹ️

by unknown

Lady Jean Hay, Countess of Rothes, d. 1731. Wife of the 8th Earl of Rothes ℹ️

by unknown

Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar, d. 1644. Second wife of the 2nd Earl of Mar ℹ️

by unknown

Mary Beaton. Lady in waiting to Mary, Queen of Scots ℹ️

by unknown

Mary II, 1662 - 1694. Reigned jointly with William III, 1688 - 1694 ℹ️

by unknown

Mary II, 1662 - 1694. Reigned jointly with William III, 1688 - 1694 ℹ️

by unknown

Mary of Guise, 1515 - 1560. Queen of James V ℹ️

by unknown

Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542 - 1587. Reigned 1542 - 1567 ℹ️

by unknown

Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542 - 1587. Reigned 1542 - 1567 ℹ️

by unknown

Neil Campbell of Ardmaddie, c 1630 - 1692. Governor of Dumbarton Castle ℹ️

by unknown

Oliver Cromwell, 1599 - 1658. Lord Protector ℹ️

by unknown

Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1720 - 1788. Eldest son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ℹ️

by unknown

Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, 1688 - 1766. Son of James VII and II ℹ️

by unknown

Prince Maurice of Orange-Nassau, 1567 - 1625. General and Stadtholder of the Netherlands (Formerly called the 1st Marquess of Huntly) ℹ️

by unknown

Professor Adam Ferguson, 1723 - 1816. Philosopher and author ℹ️

by unknown

Professor John Anderson, 1726 - 1796. Professor of Oriental Languages and Professor of Natural Philosophy, Glasgow University ℹ️

by unknown

Queen Henrietta Maria, 1609 - 1669. Queen of Charles I ℹ️

by unknown

Rev. Edward Irving, 1792 - 1834. Founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church ℹ️

by unknown

Rev. Edward Irving, 1792 - 1834. Founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church ℹ️

by unknown

Rev. Hugh Chalmers, 1648 - 1707. Covenanting minister of Marnoch ℹ️

by unknown

Rev. James Trail, 1681 - 1723. Covenanting minister of Montrose ℹ️

by unknown

Rev. John Inglis, 1762 - 1834. Church leader and minister at Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh ℹ️

by unknown

Rev. Robert Trail, 1603 - 1678. Covenanting minister of Edinburgh ℹ️

by unknown

Robert Cook, 1795 - about 1876. Engineer ℹ️

by unknown

Robert Fergusson, 1750 - 1774. Poet ℹ️

by unknown

Robert Haldane of Airthrey, 1764 - 1842 ℹ️

by unknown

Sir Charles Bell, 1774 - 1842. Surgeon and anatomist ℹ️

by unknown

Sir George Hume, Earl of Dunbar, d. 1611. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland ℹ️

by unknown

Sir George Lockhart, c 1630 - 1689. Lord President of the Court of Session ℹ️

by unknown

Sir Hans Sloane, 1660 - 1753 ℹ️

by unknown

Sir James Balfour, 1600 - 1657. Historian and Lord Lyon King-of-Arms ℹ️

by unknown

Sir James Hope of Hopetoun, 1614 - 1661. Lawyer ℹ️

by unknown

Sir James Murray-Pulteney, about 1755 - 1811. Soldier and politician ℹ️

by unknown

Sir James Stewart of Kirkfield and Coltness, 1608 - 1681 ℹ️

by unknown

Sir John McNeill, 1795 - 1883. Diplomat ℹ️

by unknown

Sir John Murray of Blackbarony, 1557 - 1618 ℹ️

by unknown

Sir John Wauchope, d. 1682. Covenanter ℹ️

by unknown

Sir Thomas Stewart, 1st Baronet of Coltness, 1631 - 1698 ℹ️

by unknown

Sir William Chambers, 1722 – 1796 ℹ️

by unknown

Sir William Lockhart of Lee, 1621 - 1676. Soldier and diplomat ℹ️

by unknown

Stewart Family Tree. Genealogy of the Royal House of Stewart ℹ️

by unknown

Susannah Douglas, Mrs Alexander Murray of Cringletie, d. c 1742 ℹ️

by unknown

Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Haddington, 1563 - 1637. Advocate and statesman ℹ️

by unknown

Unknown Man ℹ️

by unknown

Unknown Man ℹ️

by unknown

William Beckford, 1759 - 1844. Author of Vathek; son of William Beckford, Lord Mayor of London ℹ️

by unknown

William Carstares, 1649 - 1715. Statesman and divine ℹ️

by unknown

William Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton, 1582 - 1648. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland ℹ️

by unknown

William Drummond of Hawthornden, 1585 - 1649. Poet ℹ️

by unknown

William Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Hamilton, 1616 - 1651. Soldier ℹ️

by unknown

Sir Richard Johnstone Honyman, 1787 - 1842. MP for Orkney ℹ️

1800c

by unknown

Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet ℹ️

1800c

by unknown

William Tennant, 1784 - 1848. Poet and linguist ℹ️

1800c

by unknown

A View of Abbotsford ℹ️

1824

by unknown

John Mackay Wilson, 1804 - 1835. Author of 'Tales of the Borders' ℹ️

1831

by unknown

Rev. William Garden Blaikie, 1820 - 1899. Professor of Theology ℹ️

1853

by unknown

Helen Hopekirk, 1856 - 1945. Pianist and composer ℹ️

1900c

by unknown

Sir Patrick Geddes, 1854 - 1932. Sociologist and town planner ℹ️

1930

by unknown

Duncan Williamson, 1928-2007. Scottish author and storyteller ℹ️

1993

by unknown

Ewen Bremner ℹ️

2005

by unknown

'Air and Light’ A portrait of Carol Ann Duffy ℹ️

2016

by unknown

John Burnside, Scottish writer and poet ℹ️

2016

by unknown

Emeli Sandé, MBE b. 1987. Singer-songwriter ℹ️

2018

by unknown

Labour of Love ℹ️

2019

by unknown

Self-portrait, 1933 ℹ️

1933

by Adam Bruce Thomson

Fiona Macpherson, 1940 - 2000. Magazine Editor ℹ️

1990s

by Adrian Bailey

Giles Havergal, b. 1938 ℹ️

1995

Philip Prowse, b. 1937 ℹ️

1995

Robert David MacDonald, 1929 - 2004 ℹ️

1995

The Citizens (Robert David MacDonald, 1929 - 2004; Philip Prowse, b. 1937; Giles Havergal, b. 1938) ℹ️

1995

Jean Redpath, 1937 - 2014. Singer and lecturer ℹ️

1997

by Alexander Fraser

Brian Souter, b. 1954 and Ann Gloag, b. 1942. Entrepreneurs ℹ️

1999

by Alexander Fraser

Norman MacCaig, 1910 - 1996. Poet ℹ️

1968

David Morrison, b. 1941. Writer and editor of Scotia Revue ℹ️

1970s

Robert Garioch Sutherland, 1909 - 1981. Poet (In his Study) ℹ️

1978

Christopher Murray Grieve (nom de plume, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'), 1892 - 1978. Poet and writer (Hymn to Lenin) ℹ️

1979

Edwin Morgan, 1920 -2010. Poet ℹ️

1980

Iain Crichton Smith, 1928 - 1998. Poet ℹ️

1980

Poets' Pub (Norman MacCaig, Sorley MacLean, Hugh MacDiarmid, Iain Crichton Smith, George Mackay Brown, Sidney Goodsir Smith, Edwin Morgan, Robert Garioch, Alan Bold and John A. Tonge) ℹ️

1980

Dame Muriel Spark, (1918 - 2006) Writer ℹ️

1984

Alexander Henry Rhind, 1833 - 1863. Lawyer and Egyptologist ℹ️

1860s

by Alexander S. Mackay

Sir James Outram, 1803 - 1863. General ('The Bayard of India') ℹ️

1863

by Alfred Buxton

Sir George Washington Browne, 1853 - 1939. Architect ℹ️

1932

by Alfred Edward Borthwick

Sir David Young Cameron, 1865 - 1945. Artist ℹ️

1930s

by Alfred Lawrence

Alison Watt, born 1965. Artist ℹ️

1980s

by Alison Watt

Peter Wylie Davidson, 1870-1963. Designer ℹ️

1934

by Ancell Stronach

Dr Michael Kelly, b. 1940. Public relations consultant, Lord Provost of Glasgow 1980 - 1984 ℹ️

1980s

by Annette Edgar

James Park, 1857 - 1946. Geologist ℹ️

1930

by Annie Elizabeth Kelly

George Buchanan, 1506 - 1582. Historian, poet and reformer ℹ️

1925

by Archibald A. McGlashan

John Napier of Merchiston, 1550 - 1617. Discoverer of logarithms ℹ️

1925

by Archibald A. McGlashan

Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Baronet of Ulbster and 1st Viscount Thurso, 1890 - 1970. Liberal statesman, Secretary of State for Scotland and Secretary of State for Air ℹ️

1920s

by Augustus John

Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, 1900 - 2002. Queen of George VI ℹ️

1983

by Avigdor Arikha

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, 1903 - 1995. Prime Minister ℹ️

1988

by Avigdor Arikha

Ludovic Kennedy, 1919 - 2009, and Moira Shearer, 1926 - 2006. ℹ️

1993

by Avigdor Arikha

Barbara Balmer, b. 1929. Artist (Self -portrait on a frosty Friday) ℹ️

1995

by Barbara Balmer

James Naughtie, b.1951 ℹ️

2010s

by Brendan Kelly

Nicola Benedetti ℹ️

2021

by Calum Stevenson

Andrew Carnegie, 1835 - 1919. Ironmaster and philanthropist ℹ️

1925

by Catherine Ouless

Ludovic MacLellan Mann, 1869 - 1955. Actuary and prehistorian ℹ️

1944

by Cathleen Sabine Mann

Eric Robertson, 1887 - 1941. Artist. With Mary Newbery, 1890 - 1985 ℹ️

1912

by Cecile Walton

Romance - Cecile Walton, 1891 - 1956 (With her children Edward and Gavril) ℹ️

1920

by Cecile Walton

Ena Baxter, 1924 - 2015. Businesswoman ℹ️

1999

by Chen Yan Ning

Sir James Haldane Stewart Lockhart, 1858 - 1937. Government commissioner in China ℹ️

1933

by Chiang Yee

Alan Cumming, b.1965. Actor ℹ️

2014

by Christian Hook

Robert Gillanders and his son, bagpipe-makers, at work ℹ️

1966

by Claude Harrison

Naomi (Lady) Mitchison, 1897 - 1999. Author ℹ️

1974

by Clifton Pugh

Dr George Bruce, 1909 - 2002. Poet ℹ️

1900c

by Colin Dunbar

Sir James Mackintosh, 1765 - 1832. Philosopher ℹ️

Andrew Skene, 1784 - 1835. Solicitor General for Scotland ℹ️

1800c

William Ramsay Maule, Lord Panmure, 1771 - 1852. Parliamentarian ℹ️

1822

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, 1773 - 1850. Judge and critic ℹ️

1825

Henry Mackenzie, 1745 - 1831. Novelist and essayist ℹ️

1827

Robert Saunders Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, 1771 - 1851. First Lord of the Admiralty ℹ️

1830

John Hope, 1794 - 1858. Lord Justice-Clerk ℹ️

1835

Tertia Liebenthal at the Edinburgh International Festival 1966 ℹ️

by Cordelia Oliver

Cordelia Oliver, 1923 - 2009. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1960

by Cordelia Oliver

Graham Moffat, 1866 - 1951. Actor and playwright ℹ️

1914

by Cowan Dobson

Margaret Liddel Lincks, Mrs Graham Moffat 1882 - 1942. Actress ℹ️

1914

by Cowan Dobson

Henry John Dobson, 1858 - 1928. Artist ℹ️

1923

by Cowan Dobson

Isaac Sclar ℹ️

1960s

by David Donaldson

Isabel Davidson, Mrs David Traill, d. 1986. Benefactress of the National Galleries of Scotland and wife of Dr David Traill ℹ️

1975

by David Donaldson

Margaret Hilda Roberts, Mrs Denis Thatcher, b. 1925. Prime Minister ℹ️

1986

by David Donaldson

David Foggie, 1878 - 1948. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1945

by David Foggie

Neil Beaton, 1880 - 1960. Trade union and co-operative activist ℹ️

by David Shanks Ewart

David Ewart, 1901 - 1965. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1900c

by David Shanks Ewart

James Scott Skinner, 1843 - 1927. Violinist and composer ℹ️

1912

by David Waterson

David McClure, 1926-98. Artist and teacher ℹ️

by Denis Peploe

Sydney Goodsir Smith, 1915 - 1975. Poet (Landscape sketch on the reverse) ℹ️

1945

by Denis Peploe

David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, 1900 - 1975 ℹ️

1970

by Derek Hill

Professor Margaret Donaldson-Salter ℹ️

1989

by Donald Sinclair Swan

William Law Mathieson, 1868 - 1938. Historian ℹ️

1934

by Douglas Gordon Shields

Duncan Grant, 1885 - 1978. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1920

by Duncan Grant

George Fairweather, 1906 - 1985. Architect ℹ️

1935

by Edward Baird

Eric Liddell, 1902 - 1945. Athlete and missionary ℹ️

1925

by Eileen Soper

Mollie Hunter, 1922 - 2012. Writer ℹ️

1988

by Elizabeth Blackadder

Pat Grant, born 1944. Businesswoman ℹ️

1999

by Fionna Carlisle

Flora Drummond, 1879 - 1949. Suffragette ℹ️

1936

by Flora Lion

Wendy Wood, 1892 - 1981. Scottish Nationalist ℹ️

1959

by Florence St John Cadell

Dame Flora MacLeod of MacLeod, 1878 - 1976. 28th Clan Chief ℹ️

1956

by Francis Dennis Ramsay

Francis McCracken. (Self-portrait). Artist ℹ️

1950s

by Francis McCracken

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, 1934 - 2016. Composer ℹ️

2004

by Fred Schley

Barbara Rae RA ℹ️

by Geoffrey Squire

Sir James Black, 1924 - 2010. Pharmacologist ℹ️

2001

by George Devlin

Thomas Shaw, 1st Baron Craigmyle, 1850 - 1937. Lawyer and politician ℹ️

Joseph W. Simpson, 1879 - 1939. Artist ℹ️

1897

Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan, 1856 - 1928. Statesman ℹ️

1916

Thomas Scott, 1854 - 1927. Artist ℹ️

1918

George (Dawick), Earl Haig of Bemersyde, 1918 - 2009. Soldier and painter (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1990s

by George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig

Sir James (Jimmy) Shand, 1908 - 2000. Musician ℹ️

1995

by George J. D. Bruce

Alex Salmond, b. 1954. Politician ℹ️

2014

by Gerard M. Burns

Denise Mina, b 1966. Crime writer and playwright ℹ️

2015

by Gerard M. Burns

Euan Cox, 1893 - 1977 ℹ️

1930

by Glyn Warren Philpot

Hugh Hare (1668–1707), Translator ℹ️

Portrait of an Unidentified Woman ℹ️

1600c

Queen Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1683–1737), Consort of George II ℹ️

1727

Ian Rankin, b 1960. Author ℹ️

2013

by Guy Kinder

Sir Angus McFarlane McLeod Grossart, CBE, born 1937. Businessman ℹ️

2017

by Guy Kinder

Hamish Constable Paterson, 1890 - 1955. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1920

by Hamish Constable Paterson

Robert Sivell, 1888 - 1958. Artist ℹ️

1933

by Hamish Constable Paterson

Harrington Mann, 1864 - 1937. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1930

by Harrington Mann

Alexander Reid, 1854 - 1928. Art dealer ℹ️

1920

by Harry Schultz

Lady Margaret Sackville, 1881 - 1963. Poet ℹ️

by Henry John Lintott

Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Audrey ℹ️

1919

by Henry John Lintott

Sir James Montgomery (1721-1803) ℹ️

David Williams, (nom de guerre, 'Dave Willis'), 1895 - 1973. Comedian ℹ️

1940

by Henry Raeburn Dobson

Henry Young Alison, 1889 - 1972. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1920s

by Henry Young Alison

Sir John Weir, 1879 - 1971. Homeopathic Physician ℹ️

1900c

Sir Robert Hutchison, 1871 - 1960. Physician ℹ️

1900c

Sir William Oliphant Hutchison, 1889 - 1970. Artist ℹ️

1911

Arthur Kay, 1860 - 1939. Collector and critic ℹ️

1930

Professor George Matthew Robertson, 1864 - 1932. Psychiatrist ℹ️

1930

Robert Stevenson Horne, Viscount Horne, 1871 - 1940. Statesman ℹ️

1937

Sir William Y. Darling, 1885 - 1962. Lord Provost of Edinburgh ℹ️

1940s

Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, 1913 - 1993 (wife of the 11th Duke of Argyll) ℹ️

1953

Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1897 - 1991. Businessman and Philanthropist ℹ️

1955

Thomas Johnston, 1881 - 1965. Statesman ℹ️

1955

Tom Johnston, 1881 - 1965. Secretary of State for Scotland ℹ️

1955

Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, 1903 - 1973. Landowner ℹ️

1956

Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, 1903 - 1973 ℹ️

1956

Alexander Stephen, Lord Bilsland, 1892 - 1970. Banker ℹ️

1960s

Lord Strathalmond, 1888 - 1970. Industrialist ℹ️

1960s

R.B. McCallum, 1898 - 1973. Historian ℹ️

1960s

Hugh Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of Allander, 1903 - 1966. Businessman and philanthropist ℹ️

1964

Hugh Fraser, Lord Fraser of Allander, 1903 - 1966. Businessman ℹ️

1964

William Garden Blaikie Murdoch, 1880 - 1934. Art critic and writer ℹ️

1917

by Horace Brodzky

George Fiddes Watt, 1873 - 1960. Artist ℹ️

1900c

Mary Armour, 1902 - 2000. Artist ℹ️

1927

Cordelia Oliver, 1923 - 2009. ℹ️

1943

Hugh Adam Crawford, 1898 - 1982. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1943

James Stewart, Earl of Moray, c 1531 - 1570. Regent of Scotland ℹ️

1925

by Hugh Monro

Daniel Fergusson McGrain, b. 1950. Footballer ℹ️

1989

by Humphrey Ocean

Brian Cox, born 1946. Actor ℹ️

2006

by Iain Clark

Colin Montgomerie, OBE b.1963. Golfer ℹ️

2012

by Iain Faulkner

Rescue Party, Kilmun Street [Maryhill, Glasgow] ℹ️

1941

by Ian Fleming

William Wilson, 1905 - 1972. Artist ℹ️

1946

by Ian Fleming

Professor John P. Mackintosh ℹ️

by Ian Hughes

Nick Nairn, born 1959. Chef ℹ️

1999

by Ian Hughes

Alexander Sutherland Neill, 1883 - 1973. Educationalist ℹ️

1964

by Ishbel McWhirter

John ('Jack') Knox, b. 1936. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1986

by Jack Knox

Queen Caroline of Brandenburg-Anspach, 1683 - 1737. Consort of George II ℹ️

1720s

by Jacopo Amigoni

Edward Patrick Morris, 1st Baron Morris, 1859 - 1935. Prime Minister of Newfoundland. (Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War) ℹ️

1900c

Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, 1875 - 1931. Statesman. (Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War) ℹ️

1900c

Sir Robert Laird Borden, 1854 - 1937. Prime Minister of Canada. (Study for portrait in Statesmen of the Great War, National Portrait Gallery, London) ℹ️

1900c

William Ferguson Massey, 1856 - 1925. Prime Minister of New Zealand (Study for portrait in Statesman of the Great War, National Portrait Gallery, London) ℹ️

1900c

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769 - 1852. Soldier and statesman ℹ️

1853

by James Miller

James Veitch, 1771 - 1838. Ploughwright, instrument-maker and astronomer ℹ️

1825

by James Morrison

Peter McOmish Dott, 1856 - 1934. Art dealer and critic ℹ️

1916

by Jean Morton Dott

Robin Jenkins, 1912 - 2005. Writer ℹ️

2000

Kirsty Wark, born 1955. Broadcaster ℹ️

2002

Sir Chris Hoy, MBE b. 1976. Cyclist ℹ️

2012

Quotidian Detritus ℹ️

2018

Joan Eardley, 1921 - 1963. Artist ℹ️

1943

by Joan Eardley

Tom Fleming, 1927 - 2010. Actor ℹ️

John Bellany, b. 1942. Artist (Self-portrait) (with Alan Davie, b. 1920) ℹ️

1983

Sir Sean Connery, b. 1930. Actor ℹ️

1985

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, 1934 - 2016. Composer ℹ️

1991

Billy Connolly, b. 1942. Entertainer ℹ️

1994

Caroline Bingham, 1938 - 1998. Biographer and historian ℹ️

1980

by John Bratby

John Patrick Byrne, b. 1940. Artist, dramatist and stage designer (Self-portrait in a Flowered Jacket) ℹ️

1970s

Sir Raymond Johnstone, b. 1929. Businessman and public figure ℹ️

1993

Billy Connolly, b. 1942. Entertainer ℹ️

2002

Allan Murray, b. 1943 ℹ️

2010s

Rev. Robert Rainy, 1826 - 1906. Principal of New College ℹ️

1925

by John Dick Bowie

Marjory Kennedy, Mrs A.Y. Fraser, 1857 - 1930. Musician and collector of Hebridean songs ℹ️

1931

by John Duncan

John Duncan Fergusson, 1873 - 1961. Artist ℹ️

1902

by John Duncan Fergusson

Sir Alexander Gibson, 1926 - 1995. Conductor ℹ️

1980s

by John Houston

Sir Alexander Gibson, 1926 - 1995. Conductor ℹ️

1985

by John Houston

Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1860 - 1937. Author ℹ️

1936

Maggie McEleny, b. 1965. Paralympic athlete ℹ️

2000s

by John Lessore

Caroline Innes, b. 1974. Paralympic athlete ℹ️

2004

by John Lessore

Neil Gunn, 1891 - 1973. Novelist ℹ️

1968

by John Maxie Bain

Sir Adam Thomson, b. 1926. Founder and chairman of British Caledonian Airways ℹ️

1986

by John Wonnacott

Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson, 1853 - 1937. Actor-manager (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1800c

by Johnston Forbes-Robertson

Ida Schuster, b. 1918. Actress ℹ️

1947

by Joseph Ancill

Tom Scott, 1918 - 1995. Poet ℹ️

1994

by Joyce Gunn Cairns

Sir Michael Attiyah OM, born 1929. Mathematician ℹ️

2007

by Juliet Wood

Walter Carr, 1925 - 1998. Actor and comedian ℹ️

1996

by June Crisfield-Chapman

A.E. Robertson, 1870 - 1958. Mountaineer ℹ️

1940s

by Keith Henderson

Three Oncologists (Professor RJ Steele, Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri and Professor Sir David P Lane of the Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. ℹ️

2002

by Ken Currie

'Unfamiliar Reflection': Self-portrait by Ken Currie (b 1960) ℹ️

2006

by Ken Currie

Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross, c 1649 - 1693. Privy Councillor and General of the Mint ℹ️

William Drummond, 1st Viscount Strathallan, c 1617 - 1688. Royalist general ℹ️

Hazel Armour, 1894 - 1985. Sculptor ℹ️

by Leslie Hurry

Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (known as Joan Eardley), 1921 - 1963. With her companion (Rita, known as Reet, Guenigault) ℹ️

1960s

by Lilian Strang Neilson

Peter Higgs, b. 1929. Emeritus professor at the University of Edinburgh ℹ️

1981

by Lucinda Mackay

Professor John Erickson, 1929-2002. Political historian ℹ️

1999

by Lucinda Mackay

Michael McGahey, 1925 - 1999. Mining trade unionist ℹ️

1988

by Maggi Hambling

Margaret Oliver Brown, 1912 - 1990 (verso: Studies of Two Female Heads) ℹ️

by Margaret Oliver Brown

Oliver Brown, 1902 - 1976. Founder member of the Scottish National Party ℹ️

1940

by Margaret Oliver Brown

T. S. Law, 1916 - 1997. Poet ℹ️

1945

by Margarete Seeler

Sir George Macdonald, 1862 - 1940. Archaeologist ℹ️

1929

by Maurice Greiffenhagen

Sir Charles Grant Robertson, 1869 - 1948. Historian ℹ️

1941

by Meredith Frampton

Elspeth Davie, 1918 - 1995. Writer ℹ️

1988

Ivor Cutler, 1923 - 2006. Poet, Humourist and Singer ℹ️

1988

Stewart Conn, born 1936. Poet and playwright ℹ️

1988

George Elder Davie, b. 1912. Philosopher, writer and historian ℹ️

1990

Sir Donald Tovey, 1875 - 1940 (in concert) ℹ️

by Morris Meredith Williams

Sir Timothy Clifford, born 1946. Art historian ℹ️

2007

by Nelson Shanks

Willa Anderson, Mrs Edwin Muir, 1890 - 1970. Writer and translator ℹ️

1944

by Nigel McIsaac

Alexander Reid, 1914 - 1982. Poet, playwright and editor ℹ️

1954

by Nigel McIsaac

Mrs Winifred ('Winnie') Margaret Ewing, b. 1929. Politician: Member of the European and Scottish Parliaments ℹ️

1999

by Norman Edgar

Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon, 1903 - 1973. Aviator (With his wife Elizabeth Ivy Percy, Duchess of Hamilton, b. 1916) ℹ️

1969

by Oskar Kokoschka

John Reith, 1st Baron Reith of Stonehaven, 1889 - 1971. Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation ℹ️

1933

by Oswald Birley

Sir John Anderson, Viscount Waverley, 1882 - 1958. Administrator and politician ℹ️

1943

by Oswald Birley

Joseph Grimond, 1st Baron Grimond, 1913 - 1993, Liberal statesman and theorist ℹ️

1986

by Patrick Heron

Norman Macfarlane, Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden, born 1926. Businessman ℹ️

1999

by Peter Howson

William Ewart Gladstone, 1809 - 1898. Liberal statesman and author ℹ️

by Pierre Troubetskoy

Professor Hector Monro Macdonald, 1865 - 1935. Mathematician ℹ️

1933

by Reginald Grenville Eves

Sir William Reid Dick, 1879 - 1961. Sculptor ℹ️

1933

by Reginald Grenville Eves

Robert Colquhoun, 1914 - 1962. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1940

by Robert Colquhoun

Robert Henderson Blyth, 1919 - 1970. (Self-portrait as soldier in trenches). Sub-titled 'Existence Precarious' ℹ️

1946

by Robert Henderson Blyth

Christopher Murray Grieve (pen name, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'), 1892 - 1978. Poet ℹ️

1962

by Robert Heriot Westwater

Sir Compton Mackenzie, 1883 - 1972. Author ℹ️

1962

by Robert Heriot Westwater

[Unidentified man] ℹ️

1825

by Robert Innes

James Eckford Lauder, 1811 - 1869. Artist ℹ️

1867

by Robert Innes

Hamish MacInnes, b. 1930 ℹ️

2002

by Robert Maclaurin

George Iain Murray, 10th Duke of Atholl, 1931 - 1997 ℹ️

1993

by Robert Priseman

Interior of the "Rustic Art Club" ℹ️

by Robert Sherar

Caroline Augusta Feilding, Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, d. 1881 ℹ️

by Robert Thorburn

Robert Weir Allan, 1852 - 1942. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1935

by Robert Weir Allan

Brenda Mark (Philipson), 1922 - 1960: 'Going to the Garden Party' ℹ️

1952

by Robin Philipson

Horse McDonald, b.1958. Singer-songwriter ℹ️

2019

by Roxana Halls

Harry McShane, 1891 - 1988. Socialist activist ℹ️

1981

by Stanley Bell

Alexander Esme Gordon, b. 1910. Architect. (As a child) ℹ️

1915

by Stanley Cursiter

Stanley Cursiter, 1887 - 1976. Artist (Self-portrait); Director of the National Galleries of Scotland (With his wife Phyllis Eda Hourston and his model Poppy Low. Exhibited as Chez Nous.) ℹ️

1925

by Stanley Cursiter

Sir James Cochran Stevenson Runciman, known as Sir Steven Runciman, 1903 - 2000 ℹ️

1900c

by Stephen Conroy

Bill Forsyth, b. 1946. Film producer ℹ️

1995

by Steven Campbell

'Self Portrait: Scratched out, it's all in the wrist' ℹ️

2006

by Steven Campbell

Sir Jackie Stewart, b. 1939. Racing Driver ℹ️

2012

by Theo Platt

Sir Harry Lauder, 1870 - 1950. Comedian ℹ️

1936

by Theodora Roscoe

Robert Lyons Scott, 1871 - 1939. Shipbuilder and collector of armour ℹ️

1936

by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale

George Henry, 1858 - 1943. Artist ℹ️

1940s

by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale

Rikki Fulton, 1924 - 2004. Actor and comedian ℹ️

1997

by Thomas Kluge

James Mackay, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, b. 1927. Judge and Lord Chancellor ℹ️

1998

by Tom Phillips

Dr Winifred Rushforth, 1885 - 1983. Psycho-analyst ℹ️

1982

Ronald Stevenson, 1928 - 2015. Composer and pianist ℹ️

1983

Ronald David Laing, 1927 - 1989. Psychiatrist ℹ️

1984

Callum Macdonald, 1912 - 1999. Printer and publisher ℹ️

1996

Graham Crowden, 1922 - 2010. Actor ℹ️

1996

Thea Musgrave, b. 1928. Composer ℹ️

2006

His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay ℹ️

2018

John Maxwell, 1905 - 1962. Artist ℹ️

1963

by Victorine Foot

Duncan Macrae, 1905 - 1967. Actor ℹ️

1940

by William Crosbie

Womb from Womb ℹ️

1941

by William Crosbie

Robert Crombie Saunders, 1914 - 1991. Poet ℹ️

1942

by William Crosbie

James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, 1612 - 1650. Royalist ℹ️

1924

by William Geissler

John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, c 1649 - 1689. Jacobite leader ℹ️

1924

by William Geissler

Sir William MacTaggart, 1903 - 1981. Artist ℹ️

1935

by William George Gillies

Sir William George Gillies, 1898 - 1973. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1940

by William George Gillies

Fragment of mural 'Battle of Largs Bay' ℹ️

by William Hole

Sir William MacTaggart, 1903 - 1981. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

by William MacTaggart

William Crozier, 1893 - 1930. Artist ℹ️

1900c

by William MacTaggart

William McCance, 1894 - 1970. Artist, illustrator and typographer (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1916

by William McCance

William Nicholson, 1781 - 1844. Artist (Self-portrait) ℹ️

1816

Hugh William Williams, 1773 - 1829. Artist ℹ️

1818

Sir William Allan, 1782 - 1850. Artist. (In Circassian dress) ℹ️

1818

Charlotte Nasmyth, 1804 - 1884. Artist ℹ️

1827

Sir Adam Ferguson, 1771 - 1855. Soldier; friend of Sir Walter Scott ℹ️

1830

Sir Herbert James Gunn, 1893 - 1964. Artist ℹ️

1911

George Walton, 1867 - 1933. Architect and designer ℹ️

1923

Walter Rankin, fl. 1940. Local Defence Volunteer ('Home Guard') ℹ️

1940

The smoking room, the Scottish Arts Club ℹ️

1945

Sir Compton Mackenzie, 1883 - 1972. Author ℹ️

1950

Elizabeth, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, b. 1926 ℹ️

1956

George Keith Elphinstone, Viscount Keith, 1746 - 1823. Admiral ℹ️

by William Staveley

Sir James Grant, 1738 - 1811. Member of Parliament ℹ️

1796

by William Staveley

William Mouncey, 1852 - 1901. Landscape painter ℹ️

by William Stewart MacGeorge

Rev. John Thomson of Duddingston, 1778 - 1840. Landscape painter ℹ️

1824

by William Wallace

Dr Neil Ross, 1873 - 1943. Gaelic scholar and editor ℹ️

1934

by William Walls

(Lady) Naomi Mitchison, 1897 - 1999. Author ℹ️

1938

by Wyndham Lewis

Sir James Mirrlees, born 1936. Nobel Laureate for Economics ℹ️

2007

by Yu Ji