Thursday, 9 April 2020

Royal Colleges

Continuing our medical theme, when we salute our brave workers in the NHS, here are the arms of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow was granted the above arms in 1962 on gaining Collegiate status. Its first grant was made in 1910 under the name, "The Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow". It is interesting to compare the painting styles.


And now Edinburgh:
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