The artwork includes the following:

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• Lady Anne Stewart (1774), by Ann Forbes (1703 - 1783)

• Ann Forbes, 1745 - 1834. Artist (1781), by David Allan

• William Stuart Forbes, elder son of Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 1802 - 1826 (About 1809 - 1813), by Sir Henry Raeburn

• John Stuart Hepburn Forbes, later 8th Baronet of Monymusk, and of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, 1804 - 1866 (About 1809 - 1813), by Sir Henry Raeburn

• Elizabeth Forbes, Mrs Colin Mackenzie of Portmore (died 1840) (About 1805), by Sir Henry Raeburn

• Elizabeth Forbes, Mrs Colin Mackenzie of Portmore (died 1840) (1930-1948), by Stanley Cursiter

• Alexander Forbes of Pitsligo, 1st Lord Forbes, d. 1636 (Published 1797)

• Bishop Patrick Forbes, 1564 - 1635. Bishop of Aberdeen (Published 1796), by Thomas Trotter

• Bishop Patrick Forbes, 1564 - 1635. Bishop of Aberdeen, by Richard Gaywood

• Bishop William Forbes, 1585 - 1634. First Protestant Bishop of Edinburgh, by Thomas Anthony Dean

• Bishop William Forbes, 1585 - 1634. First Protestant Bishop of Edinburgh (after 1630)

• Bishop William Forbes, 1585 - 1634. First Protestant Bishop of Edinburgh (Published 1795), by Birrell

• Bishop William Forbes, 1585 - 1634. First Protestant Bishop of Edinburgh, by David Stewart Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan

• Charles Forbes the Younger of Newe (August 1863), photograph by Victor Albert Prout

• Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 1685 - 1747. Lord President of the Court of Session (About 1737), by Jeremiah Davison

• Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 1685 - 1747. Lord President of the Court of Session, by K. Mackenzie

• Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 1685 - 1747. Lord President of the Court of Session (1748), by Johan Faber

• Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 1685 - 1747. Lord President of the Court of Session (1746), by John Campbell

• Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 1685 - 1747. Lord President of the Court of Session, by Alexander Bell

• Duncan Forbes of Culloden, 1685 - 1747. Lord President of the Court of Session, by Daniel Lizars

• Duncan Forbes, Lord President of the Session, by Richard Cooper

• Edward Forbes, 1815 - 1854. Naturalist

• James David Forbes, 1809 - 1868. Scientist and Principal of the University of Edinburgh, by Friedrich Emil Ernest Theodore Schenck

• James David Forbes, 1809 - 1868. Scientist and Principal of the University of Edinburgh, by Thomas Faed

• James Forbes, 1749 - 1819. Author and antiquary (Published 1816), by Thomas Blood

• James Forbes, 1749 - 1819. Author and antiquary, by James Tassie

• James Ochoncar Forbes, 1765 - 1843. Baron; general (Published 1837), by Joseph Brown

• John Forbes of Culloden, 1672 - 1734. Member of Parliament; elder brother of Duncan Forbes

• John Forbes, 1744 - 1821. Of New Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, formerly of Bombay (Published 1822), by William Ward

• John Forbes, by James Thomson, “To Sir Charles Forbes Forbes, bart.”

• Lady Stuart Forbes. “Sir Walter Scott’s First Love”

• Marjory (Forbes), Duchess of Atholl, 1762 - 1842. 2nd wife of the 4th Duke of Atholl

• Monument to Late Bishop Forbes, St Paul's, Dundee (About 1870s), photograph by James Valentine

• Mrs Barker and Dr John Forbes [Group 30] (1843 - 1847), photographic negative by David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson

• Professor Edward Forbes, 1815 - 1854. Naturalist (Published 1855), by Conrad Cook

• Professor Edward Forbes, 1815 - 1854. Of King's College, London; naturalist and geologist [a] (1843 - 1847), by David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson

• Professor Robert James Brown, two unknown men, Rev. Dr James Henderson, Rev. Dr John Forbes and Rev. Dr John Smyth [Group 52] (1843 - 1847), photograph by David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson

• Rev. Dr John Forbes, 1800 - 1874. Of St Paul's, Glasgow; Free Church minister; mathematician (1843 - 1847), by David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson

• Rev. Dr John Forbes, 1800 - 1874. Of St Paul's, Glasgow; Free Church minister; mathematician (1843 - 1847), photograph by David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson

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

• Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 1739 - 1806. Banker and author (1786), by Sir Joshua Reynolds

• Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 1739 - 1806. Banker and author (Dated 1791), by James Tassie

• Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 1739 - 1806. Banker and author (Dated 1802), by John Henning

• Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 1739 - 1806. Banker and author (Published 1800), by James Ward

• Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 1739 - 1806. Banker and author, by John Henry Robinson

• Sir William Forbes of Pitsligo, 1739 - 1806. Banker and author, by John Kay

• Sir William Forbes, Artist, Heriot's Hospital from the South-West (1767) and other sketches

• The Honourable John Forbes, 1714 - 1796. Admiral of the Fleet (Published 1811), by R. Page

• William Forbes Skene, 1809 - 1892. Historian and Celtic scholar (1888), by Sir George Reid

• William Forbes, 1714 - 1746. Advocate; Professor of Law at Glasgow University, by Richard Cooper

• William Forbes, 1714 - 1746. Professor of Law at Glasgow University (1733)

• William Forbes, 1714 - 1746. Professor of Law at Glasgow University, by Richard Cooper

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