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  • Old portrait of Louis Dickson that appears scanned from a newspaper. The portrait of Dickson is inside an oval frame with writing above that say

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    Louis Dickson

    Fimmaker and founder of The Hippodrome, one of the earliest purpose-built cinemas in Scotland

  • A very early era black and white photograph of a person intently staring at the camera. They are wearing a suit jacket and waistcoat, with a white shirt and cravat.

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    Frederick Douglass

    African American author, philosopher, anti-slavery activist and statesman

  • A woman holding a paintbrush and looking at her canvas

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    Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley

    Beloved painter of Glasgow street children and expressive coastal landscapes

  • A black and white drawing of a person looking away from the viewer, the drawing is of their face, and they have dark hair tied back behind their head.

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    The Edinburgh Seven

    Britain’s first female medical students

  • Black and white portrait photo of a person looking to the left, wearing a dark suit and tie. They have a large handlebar moustache.

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    James Cossar Ewart

    The UK’s first experimental animal breeder since Charles Darwin

  • A sketch of a person

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    Faed Family of Artists

    Two generations of celebrated painters and engravers

  • Black and white photograph of a person from the shoulders up. They are wearing a dark coloured top and an elaborate beaded headdress that runs across the forehead and falls down over both ears.

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    Cicely Fairfield AKA Rebecca West

    Lifelong political activist, renowned writer and reporter on the Nuremberg trials

  • Black and white illustration of a person wearing nineteenth century clothing, including a large frilled bonnet and an extravagant, expensive looking dress.

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    Susan Ferrier

    Popular nineteenth-century novelist

  • Portrait painting of older, bearded gentleman sat down in front of a ploughed field. He is wearing a brown three piece suit, with a matching flat cap by his side.

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    Archibald Findlay

    Geneticist who invented first blight-resistant potato

  • Image is a colour portrait painted of a person sitting in a chair with their hands in their lap, fingers interlaced. They are wearing several layers with a brown coat, and are looking with a serious expression to the right of the painter.

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    Adam Ferguson

    Leading historian and philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment

  • Black and white portrait photo of a person in a suit, jacket and tie. The person is looking off to the right and has unruly hair and a beard.

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    Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham

    Campaigner for social justice and internationally famous man of adventure

  • Black and white photograph of a person in a grey suit and dark trilby hat standing next to, and looking up at, a steam locomotive engine in a goods yard.

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    Sir Nigel Gresley

    Engineer and designer of steam locomotives, including Flying Scotsman and Mallard

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