The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow is one of the oldest legal societies in the United Kingdom, having been incorporated 'long prior to 1668'. It continues to serve the needs of the legal profession in and around Glasgow and also acts as the Glasgow legal profession’s representative body.
The paintings which make up the art collection (along with the marble busts which are housed in the Royal Faculty Library) are all of former Deans of the Royal Faculty.
Adam Paterson (1811–1881), LLD, Dean of Faculty (1870–1875)James Alexander Ewing (1843–1900)
Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
Lord Francis Jeffrey (1773–1850)Peter Slater (1809–1870)
Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
Sir James Roberton (1821–1889), LLD, Professor of Conveyancing (1867–1889)James Pittendrigh MacGillivray (1856–1938)
Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
James Reddie (1773–1852), Town Clerk of Glasgow (1804–1852)Patric Park (1811–1855)
Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
Henry Glassford Bell (1803–1874), LLD, Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire (1839–1867), Sheriff of Lanarkshire (1867–1874)George Edwin Ewing (1828–1884) and John Mossman (1817–1890)
Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
David MurrayJohn Kerr
Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow
William Towers-Clark (1805–1870), Dean of Faculty (1868–1870)John Mossman (1817–1890)