James Drummond RSA FSA (1 September 1816 – 12 August 1877) was an artist and the curator of the National Gallery of Scotland from 1868 to 1877.

He was born in 1816, in John Knox House in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh.

He studied at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh under Sir William Allan.

[3] He produced a series of drawings of buildings in the Old Town later reproduced as lithographs.

[4] Drummond specialised in historical recreations and imaginary reconstructions of past events such as: This biographical article about a painter from Scotland is a stub.