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Sir Richard Johnstone Honyman, 2nd Bart. of Armadale, 1787 - 1842. MP for Orkney (After 1811)

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Sir James Murray-Pulteney, about 1755 - 1811. Soldier and politician (With Sir John Murray, about 1768 - 1827. Soldier) (About 1788 - 1794)

John Thomas Seton
Francis Napier, 10th Baron Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick, 1819-1898. Diplomat and Governor of Madras (1866)

George Frederic Watts
Henry Erskine, 1746 - 1817. Lord Advocate (1877)

Mary Grant
George Mackenzie, 1st Earl of Cromarty, 1630 - 1714. Statesman (After 1690)

Sir John Baptiste de Medina
William Douglas, 8th Earl of Morton, 1582 - 1648. Lord High Treasurer of Scotland (After 1630)

Daniel Mijtens
Adam Smith, 1723 - 1790. Political economist (About 1795)

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IOHNY MAC-CREE in the Dumps (represents Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, 1742 - 1811) (Dated 1805)

Isaac Cruikshank
Patrick Lyon, 1st Earl of Strathmore, 1643 - 1695. Privy Councillor (1665 - 1670)

L. Schuneman
Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Baronet of Ulbster and 1st Viscount Thurso, 1890 - 1970. Liberal statesman, Secretary of State for... (About 1920 - 1924)

Augustus John
John Hay, 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, 1626 - 1697. Lord High Chancellor of Scotland (About 1660 - 1665)

Sir Peter Lely
John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale, 1645 - 1713. Parliamentarian (After 1665)

Jacob Ferdinand Voet
Sir John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, 1875 - 1940. Author and Governor General of Canada (Modelled 1935; cast 1940)

Thomas John Clapperton
W.E. Gladstone at the Edinburgh Exhibition (29 August 1884)

John Moffat
Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston, c 1610 - 1663. Statesman (After 1640)

George Jamesone
Francis Wemyss-Charteris-Douglas, 10th Earl of Wemyss, 1818 - 1914. Politician (1908)

Philip Alexius de Laszlo
Charles II, 1630 - 1685. King of Scots 1649 - 1685, King of England and Ireland, 1660 - 1685 (About 1681)

John Riley
Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 1739 - 1806. Banker and author

John Kay
Gordon Brown, b. 1951. Prime Minister (8 September 2004; printed September 2005)

Platon Antoniou
Contact Sheet of Robert Kennedy Assassination, Los Angeles (1968; printed 2007)

Harry Benson
Robert Kennedy, Los Angeles (1968; printed 2007)

Harry Benson
Ethel Kennedy, Los Angeles (1968; printed 2007)

Harry Benson
Jackie Kennedy, London (1961)

Harry Benson
Oliver Brown, 1902 - 1976. Founder member of the Scottish National Party (About 1940)

Margaret Oliver Brown
John Smith, 1938 - 1994. Leader of the Labour Party (Dated 1996)

Eduardo Paolozzi
Portrait of His Imperial Majesty Nicolai II Alexandrvitch, Tsar of All the Russias (1868-1918) (1902)

Valentin Serov
Mrs Winifred ('Winnie') Margaret Ewing, 1929 – 2023. Politician: Member of the European and Scottish Parliaments (1999)

Norman Edgar
Francis Horner, 1778 - 1817. Political economist (After 1812)

Sir Henry Raeburn
Thomas Johnston, 1881 - 1965. Statesman (About 1955)

Sir Herbert James Gunn
Sir Charles Augustus Murray, 1806 - 1895 (About 1851)

Antoine Claudet
William Pitt, 1759 - 1806. Statesman (1807)

Joseph Nollekens
The First Meeting of the Scottish Parliament, 12 May 1999 (1999)

Robin Gillanders, Chris Hall
Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont, 1641 - 1724. Statesman (About 1720)

William Aikman
Paul Henderson Scott, 1920 - 2019 (2000)

Alexander Moffat

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