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  • A watercolour painting of a person wearing a dark coat looking directly forwards. They have red cheeks and small white tufts of hair over their ears, and a thin smile on their face.

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    Robert Stevenson

    Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board who designed and built the Bell Rock Lighthouse

  • Black and white portrait photo of a young looking John Thomson from 1898. Thomson has a mutton-chop style beard, with his long dark moustache joining up with even longer white sideburns. He is wearing a dark suit, with a white shirt and tie.

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    John Thomson

    Early photographer celebrated for his ground-breaking images of China

  • Black and white photograph of a person working on a very large stained glass window. They are carefully painting a section of the glass with a fine brush.

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    William Wilson

    Best known stained-glass artist of post-war Scotland

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