Robert Hamilton (c.1565–1629)

Image credit: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

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Robert Hamilton was the senior office bearer or Visitor of the medical incorporation founded in Glasgow in 1599 that is now known as the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. In the Charter of Incorporation he is described as a 'professoure of medicine' although it is not known where he studied.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Title

Robert Hamilton (c.1565–1629)

Date

c.1822

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 90 x W 67 cm

Accession number

0098

Acquisition method

purchased

Work type

Painting

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