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Alan Cumming, actor, 2014

by Christian Hook

Alan Cumming, actor, 2014

Oil on board
© Christian Hook

Great Scots
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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
Robert Burns, poet ,1787
Ranaldson Macdonell of Glengarry
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Revd Dr Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, c.1795 by Sir Henry Raeburn
Revd Dr Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, c.1795 by Sir Henry Raeburn
Revd Dr Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, c.1795 by Sir Henry Raeburn
Revd Dr Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch, c.1795 by Sir Henry Raeburn

Great Scots

Magazine article by Diana O'Neil, 2017

Diana O’Neil samples the tartan treats on offer in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
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