RCSI Portrait Sculpture and Bust Collection

Abraham Colles’ medical training started at Dr Stevens Hospital and the Foundling Hospital. He also spent time studying at the House of Industry Hospital before obtaining his Letters Testimonial from RCSI in 1795. Colles then travelled to Edinburgh University where he was conferred MD in 1797. Colles returned to Dublin and taught Anatomy and Surgery in rented rooms at the rear of a house in South King Street. During his residency at Dr. Steevens Hospital, Colles taught anatomy and surgery in the Hospital School. He resigned his post when in 1804 he was appointed Professor of Anatomy in RCSI having become a member of the College. Within RCSI Colles held the Chair of Surgery and the Chair of Anatomy and Physiology. He was elected to the Court of Assistants in 1800 and President of RCSI in 1802. Among Colles’ anatomical discoveries are the ‘Colles ligament’, the ‘Colles Fascia’ and the ‘Colles Fracture’.

Practiced paediatric surgery in Dublin. Past President of RCSI, Irish, British and Canadaian Medical Associations.

Constance Markievicz (nee Gore-Booth) was born into a land-owning family whose seat was Lissadell, Co. Sligo. She made her formal debut into society at Buckingham Palace before Queen Victoria in 1887. While pursuing her artistic studies, she met and married Count Casimir Dunin-Markievicz, a Polish national, in Paris in 1900. In 1908, she joined Inghinidhe na hÉireann (Daughters of Ireland) and Sinn Féin, and was a founding member of Fianna Éireann in 1909. She joined the Irish Citizen Army in 1913 and, in 1914, she was instrumental in merging Inghinidhe na hÉireann with Cumann na mBan. She was engaged in training and mobilising the Irish Citizen Army and the youth organisation, Na Fianna. She was an advocate for military action to break the link with Britain.

Arthur Jacob (1790-1874) Indentured in 1808 to his father John Jacob (surgeon at the Queen's Co. Infirmary, Maryborough), entered RCSI in 1811, was a pupil of Abraham Colles at Dr Steevens' Hospital Dublin and received his RCSI licentiatship in 1813. He became Member of RCSI in 1816 and established himself in private practice as an ophtalmologist. An outstanding figure in the Irish School of medicine, he contributed to research, medical education and the organisation of the profession. He founded the Park St School of Medicine with Robert Graves and went on to become Professor of Anatomy in RCSI (1827-1867). An active member of RCSI, he was a Council member, nominated censor and elected Presidnet (1837, 1864). He founded the Charitable Institute for the Cure of Diseases of the Skin and Eye, the Opthalmic Hosptial on Balfe St which was transferred to the Royal City of Dublin Hospital which Jacob helped to found too. He founded the Dublin Medical Press with Henry Maunsell and in later years founded the Irish Medical Association with Richard Carmichael. The bust was commissioned which instituted the commemorative Arthur Jacob open medical scholarship.

Born in Dublin and worked as a midwife at Holles Street Hospital, Dublin. A committed trade unionist, she was also involved in nationalist and suffragist organisations including the Gaelic League and Cumann na mBan. She served as part of the Irish Citizens Army during Easter week, carrying out nursing and courier duties. After the Rising, she remained a dedicated republican activist.

Bust of Robert Carlisle Williams

First to be appointed to RCSI Chair of Pathology (1889-1897). He also served as examiner in surgery and anatomy while representing RCSI at the general medical council. President of RSI 1900-1902 and was knighted in 1902. He later served as surgeon in Ireland to both Edward VII and George V.

Abraham Colles’ medical training started at Dr Stevens Hospital and the Foundling Hospital. He also spent time studying at the House of Industry Hospital before obtaining his Letters Testimonial from RCSI in 1795. Colles then travelled to Edinburgh University where he was conferred MD in 1797. Colles returned to Dublin and taught Anatomy and Surgery in rented rooms at the rear of a house in South King Street. During his residency at Dr. Steevens Hospital, Colles taught anatomy and surgery in the Hospital School. He resigned his post when in 1804 he was appointed Professor of Anatomy in RCSI having become a member of the College. Within RCSI Colles held the Chair of Surgery and the Chair of Anatomy and Physiology. He was elected to the Court of Assistants in 1800 and President of RCSI in 1802. Among Colles’ anatomical discoveries are the ‘Colles ligament’, the ‘Colles Fascia’ and the ‘Colles Fracture’.

Albert Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel married Victoria in 1840. As Prince Consort he played an active part in the issues of the day, either directly or indirectly. He was a strong believer in promoting education and from 1847 he was Chancellor of Cambridge University. He was also interested in improving the condition in which the lower classes lived and in May 1848 he presided over a meeting of the Society for Improving the Conditions of the Working Classes. In 1849 Albert accompanied Victoria on a State visit to Ireland and while in the country showed an interest in both agricultural and local institutions such as RCSI. Permission was sought and subsequently granted for RCSI to obtain a copy of the last bust of the Prince Consort executed by William Theed during the Prince’s lifetime. The original is in the Royal Collection.

LRCS. For many years he taught anatomy and surgery in the small medical school attached to the House of Industry hospital. Assistant Secretary in RCSI and Assistant Librarian, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery. The original bust also by JR Kirk is now in TCD.

Viceroyalty of Ireland. He donated £500 to RCSI for the purchase of anatomical preparations in wax. It was as an expression of gratitude for this gift that the College commissioned this bust.

John Denham followed a teaching career in the private schools in Dublin, giving lectures on anatomy in Marlborough Stree, Park Street and Carmichael Schools. FRCSI. PRCSI. The bust was offered to RCSI by Mrs Louisa Denham, widow of late John Denham to RCSI. Bust was exhibited in the National Gallery of Ireland's exhibition: It Took a Century: Women Artists and the RHA to commemorate 250 years of the RHA Gallery.

Presented to the College by the committee of the Power Memorial Fund in January 1865. LRCSI, FRCSI, member of RCSI Council. Best known for publishing Surgical Anatomy of the Arteries.

Appointed as demonstrator in RCSI by Dease and Colles. He then turned towards teaching, lecturing in the Theatre of Anatomy School which he had set up. The Army and Navy authorities required potential surgeons to have had some practical experiences in hospitals. In order to fulfil this specification Kirby set up a small hospital, St Peter's and St Bridget's in Peter Street. He was known for his lectures on gunshot wounds. He was appointed Professor of Medicine in RCSI and presented his museum to the College when he closed his school. The bust was commissioned by RCSI to mark its gratitude for Kirby's gift of his museum.

Demonstrator of Anatomy acquiring a reputation for his anatomical skill and knowledge. In 1820 he became the first Curator of the Museum.