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Collection	ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Human Culture Collection
Object Name	Painting (Alexander Ogston)
	Picture
	Portrait
Object Number	ABDUA:30123
Other Number	x
Other Number Type	Old number
Brief Description	Near full portrait of Professor Sir Alexander Ogston, wearing long black coat. Left hand resting on table scattered with books and papers. This painting is glazed.
Content Description	Ogston, Sir Alexander Prof
Dimensions	H: 1760 mm W: 1024 mm Th: \| H: 1420 mm W: 910 mm
Materials	Oil on canvas
Technique	Painting
Maker	Fiddes-Watt ARSA
Object Production Date	1910-1910
Place Key	Europe, Scotland, Aberdeen
Inscription Content	On frame: Presented to the University of Aberdeen by members of the medical profession on the retirement of Professor Ogston from the Chair of Surgery October 14 (1910)
Publication Note	The Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF), 'Oil Paintings in Public Ownership - Aberdeen', 2013. LEMUR Database. Caw (1908) p431-2
Caption	"Professor Sir Alexander Ogston held the Chair of Surgery from 1882-1909. Ogston introduced antiseptic surgery to Aberdeen Infirmary, an innovation greeted with 'incredulity and ridicule'. A posed photograph by George Washington Wilson shows Ogston operating with his famous antiseptic carbolic spray to the fore. George Fiddes Watt (1873-1960) was an Aberdeen born portrait painter trained at Gray's School of Art and at the RSA School in Edinburgh. Watt , assisted by the influence of George Reid, became highly successful." Author: Morrison,John Date: 2002 Purpose: HA3541
Aquisition Source	Aberdeen Doctors

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