The Cullen Room, The Royal College of Physicians

Category

Library Item

Item no

15418

Title

The Cullen Room, The Royal College of Physicians

Description

The Cullen Room has an ornate plaster ceiling. Two large windows allow light into the room and along the wall are framed paintings and chairs, at one end of the room is a fireplace.

Artist / maker

MacLean, Kevin

Date

2008

Type

Digital image

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, an organisation principally concerned with the postgraduate training and examination of doctors, is based on Queen Street. The main building was designed by Thomas Hamilton for the RCPE and completed in 1844. The RCPE has expanded its premises beyond Hamilton's building, acquiring property on both sides including number 8 Queen Street, built by Robert Adam in 1770-1 for Baron Orde. The Cullen Room was Baron Orde's principal drawing room. The ceiling was designed by Robert Adam. The room takes its name from William Cullen, a past President of the College who was one of the most renowned physicians in Europe during the second half of the eighteenth century.

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