Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.1150

    Portrait of Sir William Fairbairn

    Date
    1850s
    Sitter
    William Fairbairn (1789 - 1874, British)
    Creator - Organisation
    Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 220mm
    width (print): 175mm
    Subject
    Description
    Full-length seated studio portrait showing William Fairbairn in against a plain painted background and beside a prop Romanesque column. Fairbairn is seen holding a piece of paper in his left hand with a circular table behind him holding further documents.

    Inscribed below: ‘Wm Fairbairn’

    Sir William Fairbairn (1789-1874), British engineer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1850.
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