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Three portraits of siblings Duncan, George and Margaret Vertue, painted by William Smellie Watson, were presented to the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh in 1883 to commemorate Dr Vertue’s donation of his estate to the Infirmary. From 1729 until the introduction of the National Health Service on 5 July 1948, the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh had been funded entirely by voluntary charitable subscriptions. Dr Duncan Vertue was probably the greatest of the Infirmary's nineteenth-century benefactors, having bequeathed his entire estate in 1883. His portrait, and those of his brother and sister, are still displayed in the Infirmary now not only to commemorate his particular gift but also all the donors who generously gave to the hospital. Duncan Vertue studied medicine at Edinburgh University between 1813 and 1817, returning for a further year in 1822–23, when he took a course of clinical medicine at the Infirmary and was awarded the Diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
The artist, William Smellie Watson, was the son of the first President of the Royal Scottish Academy and was a well-known local portrait painter.
NHS Lothian Charity – Tonic Collection
Edinburgh
Title
George Vertue
Date
c.1870
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 74.5 x W 62 cm
Accession number
2002
Work type
Painting
NHS Lothian Charity – Tonic Collection
2–4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH1 3EG Scotland
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George Vertue NHS Lothian Charity – Tonic Collection -
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