Heritage Centre :

Royal Connections

This small virtual exhibition highlights a selection of objects in the College’s historical collections and their Royal connections. Included are portraits of members of the Royal family and items given to physicians from members of the Royal family in gratitude for their service. Through biographical details of those Monarchs who form a part of the College’s portrait collection and the fascinating and individual histories of several silver items, we hope to provide brief glimpses into episodes in the Colleges history and provide an insight into the relationship between physicians and their Royal patrons.

portrait of Henry VIII portrait of George III bust of George IV Portrait of Edward VII
Henry VIII,
1491-1547		 George III,
1738-1820		 George IV,
1763-1830 		King Edward the Seventh,
1841-1910. Hon.F.1897
  head detail on the gold headed cane
Silver snuff box Silver Cup and Cover Rose-cut diamond ring mounted in gold Gold - headed Cane

References

Guttmacher. M. S, 1965, The “Insanity” of George III in Bulletin of the Menniger Clinic Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 101-119.

Thompson. E, 1999, Royal College of Physicians of London Silver Catalogue, unpublished.

Whitfield. G, 1986, Royal Physicians: The Harveian Oration, Royal College of Physicians of London.

Wolstenhome. G & Piper. D, 1964, The Royal College of Physicians of London: Portraits, J&A Churchill Ltd, London.

Wolstenhome. G & Kerslake. J. F, 1977, The Royal College of Physicians of London: Portraits, Catalogue II, Elsevier Excerpta Medica North Holland.

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This page last updated on May 24, 2005