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The Signet Library

The Signet Library

Image credit: The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet

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The Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet is Scotland's independent association for lawyers and one of the oldest professional bodies in the world with over 500 years of history. Today the Society supports the latest generation of lawyers and legal businesses. The Society's home, The Signet Library, is the iconic building for Scottish solicitors, adjacent to Scotland’s Supreme Courts complex. The painting collection reflects the history of the Society and is displayed throughout its premises.

Parliament Square, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 1RF Scotland

cmarshall@wssociety.co.uk

0131 225 2936

http://www.thesignetlibrary.co.uk

Artworks

  • P. C. Miller
    P. C. Miller Linda Atherton (b.1952)
    The Signet Library
  • Sir Hugh Watson (1897–1966), Deputy Keeper (1954–1964)
    Sir Hugh Watson (1897–1966), Deputy Keeper (1954–1964) William Oliphant Hutchison (1889–1970)
    The Signet Library
  • Sir Henry Cook in Archers Uniform
    Sir Henry Cook in Archers Uniform George Fiddes Watt (1873–1960)
    The Signet Library
  • Thomas Graham Murray of Stenton (1816–1891), LLD, WS
    Thomas Graham Murray of Stenton (1816–1891), LLD, WS George J. Webster (active 1864–1906)
    The Signet Library
  • George Veitch of Ratho Bank (1787–1826), WS
    George Veitch of Ratho Bank (1787–1826), WS Samuel Joseph (1791–1850)
    The Signet Library
  • John Gibson (1789–1879), WS
    John Gibson (1789–1879), WS John Steell (1804–1891)
    The Signet Library
  • James Anderson
    James Anderson John Vanderbank (1694–1739)
    The Signet Library
  • 35 more

Artists

  • Elizabeth Galloway (or Grieve), of Sandyhills (d.1826)
    John Watson Gordon (1788–1864)
  • Allan Ramsay
    Allan Ramsay (1713–1784)
  • John Donaldson (d.1865)
    William Smellie Watson (1796–1874)
  • Glasgow Cathedral
    British (Scottish) School
  • Charles Skene, MD
    Colvin Smith (1795–1875)
  • Robert Easton
    Linda Atherton (b.1952)
  • George, Lord Edgcumbe (1720–1795)
    George Chalmers (c.1720–c.1791)
  • Colonel Gurwood (1790–1845), CB
    Samuel Joseph (1791–1850)
  • Pope Clement XIV (Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, 1705–1774, reigned 1769–1774)
    Christopher Hewetson (1737–1798)
  • The Emigrants
    David Shanks Ewart (1901–1965)

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