Women of Art and Medicine at RCPI
Professional bodies like the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI) have commissioned and collected portraits of notable members since the seventeenth century.
Our collection helps us tell the story of our profession and its personalities – including their class and gender. It is of little surprise that the paintings in the RCPI collection are predominantly of and by men.
This project in bringing the portraits of and by women to prominence, is an important correction and demonstrates the changing role of women in our history, in the sphere of medicine and in artistic practice.
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Find our about the eight women artists whose works are represented in our collections
Find our about the seven women represented in artworks in our collections
Find out the stories of four of the women patients represented in our medical illustrations collection
Listen to art historian Dr Kathryn Milligan and RCPI's Keeper of Collections, Harriet Wheelock, talk to Kay Sheehy on RTE's art and culture programme Arena.
