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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

Photograph of Sir Peter Fairbairn, standing, facing three-quarters to the right and looking towards the camera. He wears Mayoral robes trimmed with ermine.

  • 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)

  • Sir Peter Fairbairn, Mayor of Leeds, September 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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