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Professor Archibald Young, President of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1935–1937)

© estate of the artist. Photo credit: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

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Archibald Young was Regius Professor of Surgery at the University of Glasgow from 1924–1939. This painting is the second portrait of Young painted by James Gunn. The first portrait, which was presented to Young in 1939, is now part of the University of Glasgow collection.

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

Title

Professor Archibald Young, President of the Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1935–1937)

Date

1939

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 74 x W 62 cm

Accession number

0079

Acquisition method

donated by the Young family, 1966

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed

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Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

232–242 St Vincent Street, Glasgow G2 5RJ Scotland

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