Catalogue description Charles Coates 1826-1909 F. 1873

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Details of Portrait/X262
Reference: Portrait/X262
Title: Charles Coates 1826-1909 F. 1873
Description:

By Hubert von Herkomer,

 

Head and shoulders; thin grey hair, bright blue-grey eyes; dark grey coat and waistcoat; white wing collar, jewelled pin in the black cravat; reddish-brown background; signed: HvH/1903.
Date: 1903
Held by: Royal College of Physicians of London, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical condition: Oils on canvas, 31¼ by 27¾ inches
Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by his niece, Miss Harriet Selina Hope, in 1938.
Publication note:

Annals, 28 April 1938.
Administrative / biographical background:

Charles Coates was born at Headingley near Leeds. After taking his M.D. degree in 1857 he settled in Bath. There he was elected physician to the Royal Mineral Water Hospital and to the Royal United Hospital. His practice grew to be the largest in the neighbourhood. He presented £1,000 to the Bath Bluecoat School and an equal sum to the Royal College of Physicians, to be expended on hospitality.

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