Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921)
Sir Peter Fairbairn (1799-1861), Mayor of Leeds 1889 copy after an original of Sep 1858
Carbon print | 26.4 x 21.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906800
![Sir Peter Fairbairn, Mayor of Leeds, September 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol. 3/61 1856-1863]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/0/c/806836-1533903476.jpg?itok=5vLSvuxk "Sir Peter Fairbairn, Mayor of Leeds, September 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol. 3/61 1856-1863]")
Photograph of Sir Peter Fairbairn, standing, facing three-quarters to the right and looking towards the camera. He wears Mayoral robes trimmed with ermine.
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Creator(s)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Sir Peter Fairbairn (1799-1861) -
26.4 x 21.2 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)
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Sir Peter Fairbairn, Mayor of Leeds, September 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- visual works
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