Image number: RS.1190

    Portrait of Sir William Fergusson

    Date
    1860s
    Sitter
    William Fergusson (1808 - 2010, British) , Surgeon
    Creator - Organisation
    Wilson & Beadell, Photographer
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 340mm
    width (print): 270mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    Seated portrait of William Fergusson in a high-backed chair with his left arm resting on an ornate writing desk. A number or books, documents and a nib pen are visible on top of the desk. Fergusson is shown wearing a coat, bowtie and textured waistcoat.

    Inscribed below: ‘WILSON 8 BEADELL. Photographers and Miniature Painters. 69 New Bond Street LONDON.W.’

    Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet (1808-1877) British surgeon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1848.
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