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Edinburgh, 9-10 Queen Street, Royal College Of Physicians

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Hall (19th Century)

Site Name Edinburgh, 9-10 Queen Street, Royal College Of Physicians

Classification Hall (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Physician's Hall; Thistle Street North East Lane

Canmore ID 114105

Site Number NT27SE 1039

NGR NT 25390 74188

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/114105

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View of marble bust of James Hamilton M. D. by Samuel Joseph, 1824, ground floor E side.
View of marble bust of James Hamilton M. D. by Samuel Joseph, 1824, ground floor E side.View of marble bust of William Pulteney Alison M. D. by William Brodie, 1861, ground floor W side.View of marble bust of Sir James Young Simpson, Bart, M. D. by William Brodie, 1871, at the top of the stairs, E side.View of the frieze in the Hall, showing portrait profiles of William Smellie, Herman Boerhaave and Thomas Sydenham, with representations of Hygeia, and two panels carved with a cherub.View of the frieze in the Hall, showing portrait profiles of William Harvey, Alexander Monro primus and William Cullen, with representations of Hygeia, and two panels carved with a cherub.View of the frieze in the Hall, showing portrait profiles of Mathew Bailie, John Abercrombie and John Thomson, with representations of Hygeia, the coat of arms of the Royal College of Physicians and two panels carved with a cherub.View of the frieze in the Hall, showing the coat of arms of the Royal College of Physicians and representations of Hygeia.View of marble bust of James Warburton Begbie by Sir John Steell, 1877, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Dr James Gregory, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Dr Edward Turner by Timothy Butler, 1837, in the Hall.View of bust of Hippocrates, above door to the library.View of plaster bust of Alexander Monro secundus, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Galen, in the Hall.View of the Royal College of Physicians roundel, set into top of exterior wall of New Library (Sir Robert Sibbald Physic Garden).View of statue of female figure (Hygeia?), on W side of vestibule of main entrance.View of facade from north westView of front facade showing horse and carriage drawn up outside, insc: 'Royal College of Physicians. Edinburgh.417'View of cast-iron lamps, one either side of steps leading from foyer to inner door.View of officer's staff and bust of John Abercrombie M. D., at the top of the stairs, W side.View of marble bust of Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan M. D. by John Hutchison, at the top of the stairs outside the library, W side.View of plaster bust of Richard Poole, in the Hall.View of marble bust of an unidentified male by John Steell, 1871, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Dr John Thomson by Richard Westmacott the Younger, in the Hall.View of bust of Sir Robert Sibbald by Mark McCue, in the centre of the Sir Robert Sibbald Physic Garden.Perspective view of interior of new libraryView of N facade showing statues of Aesculapius (left), Hippocrates (right) and Hygeia (top), and panels depicting the lyre of Apollo flanked by winged lions.View of head of Aesculapius, above door to the Hall.View of marble bust of Daniel Rutherford Haldane M. D. by Charles McBride, 1888, at the top of the stairs outside the library, E side.View of the frieze in the Hall, showing portrait profiles of Alexander Monro primus, William Cullen, Edward Jenner and Mathew Baillie, with representations of Hygeia.View of the frieze in the Hall, showing representations of Hygeia and two panels carved with a cherub.View of plaster bust of Andrew Duncan senior, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Dr James Gregory by Samuel Joseph, 1821, in the Hall.View of marble bust of an unidentified female by John Hutchison, 1863, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Richard Bright by William Behnes, 1836, in the Hall.View of the Royal College of Physicians sundial, between first and second floors of the rear elevation of 8 Queen Street (Sir Robert Sibbald Physic Garden).View of the frieze in the Hall, showing portrait profiles of James Gregory and John Hunter, with representations of Hygeia, and a panel carved with a cherub.View of marble bust of James George Playfair by Hiram Powers, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of John Hunter by Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey, 1820, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Dr Rutherford, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Hippocrates, in the Hall.View of statue of female figure (Panacea?), on E side of vestibule of main entrance.Perspective view of interior of new library.View of carving of staff of Aesculapius, one of a pair flanking entrance on N facade.View of hanging lamp, one of a pair hanging from brackets either side of the foot of the stairs.View of bust of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Joshua Henry Davidson by Peter Slater, 1847, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Sir John Batty Tuke, in the Hall.View of plaster bust of Alexander Monro primus, in the Hall.Drawing of north elevation [without statues].View of cast-iron lamp, one of four on wall in front of N facade.View of marble bust of John Abercrombie M. D. by John Steell, 1846, at the top of the stairs, W side.View of the frieze in the Hall, showing portrait profiles of Thomas Sydenham and Galen, a front-facing portrait of Hippocrates and a portrait profile of Avicenna; with representations of Hygeia, and two panels carved with a cherub.View of plaster bust of William Harvey by Peter Scheemakers, 1739, in the Hall.View of marble bust of John Graham Macdonald Burt by George Maccallum, 1867, in the Hall.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Architecture Notes

NT27SE 1039 25390 74188

Architect: David Bryce 1877 - Hall

Thomas Hamilton 1844-1846

Alexander Ritchie, Sculpture

From Architectural Catalogue Slip; Liverpool School of Architecture students - measured drawings before 1939 possibly published in Portfolio form (See Carr 418/0 25 v.49) [Note added later reads: Drawings not with Liverpool School of Architecture; whereabouts unknown.]

See NMRS Historical File under Physicians' Hall, New, No. 9, Queen Street.

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Sources: Dean of Guild Bundle 1809 June-December 14.9.1809

Pet. William Young and James French, builders

No 10 Queen St

Elevation - minor alterations - moving a door

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Project (1997)

The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (http://www.pmsa.org.uk/) set up a National Recording Project in 1997 with the aim of making a survey of public monuments and sculpture in Britain ranging from medieval monuments to the most contemporary works. Information from the Edinburgh project was added to the RCAHMS database in October 2010 and again in 2012.

The PMSA (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association) Edinburgh Sculpture Project has been supported by Eastern Photocolour, Edinburgh College of Art, the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust, Historic Scotland, the Hope Scott Trust, The Old Edinburgh Club, the Pilgrim Trust, the RCAHMS, and the Scottish Archive Network.

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