| Description Of Item | In 1865 the Great Hall was enlarged by the architect David Bryce, who ordered the roundel portraits from George MacCallum. MacCallum was paid four pounds per profile, a total of £60 for the set of 15 ‘Heads with wreaths’.
The portraits appear along the frieze in the Great Hall. Each of the figures in the roundel portraits is surrounded by a laurel wreath which is both an aesthetic, decorative feature, and a classical symbol which emphasises the importance of the figure depicted in the portrait.
This is the only one of the Hall's roundel portraits where the subject is depicted as front-facing, rather than in profile. Moreover, the depiction of Hippocrates offered in this piece shows considerable similarities with the College's two identical busts of Hippocrates. Alongside these pieces Ritchie's statue of Hippocrates can be seen on the front of the College building.
Artist: Unknown |