Interior-general view of exhibition hall and gallery
SC 695901
Description Interior-general view of exhibition hall and gallery
Date c. 1900
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number SC 695901
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of BL 20727/7
Scope and Content Hill Square Extension Museum (now the Jules Thorn Museum), Royal College of Surgeons, Surgeons' Hall, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh Surgeons' Hall was designed in 1829-32 by William Henry Playfair for the Royal College of Surgeons. The building was extended in 1908-9 by the architect, Balfour Paul, to incorporate a new museum hall which was photographed c.1909 by Harry Bedford Lemere. The hall has a gallery lined with piers with Ionic capitals, echoing Playfair's Classical design for the building's original anatomy hall. The display cases are designed to house a surgical collection illustrating Edinburgh's rich medical history. Exhibits include a wallet made from the skin of the notorious murderer, William Burke (1792-1829), and items belonging to famous surgeons such as the pioneer of obstetric surgery, James Young Simpson (1811-70). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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