Portrait of William Fairbairn (1789-1874) mb-height 4846 16th October 1962

16th October 1962

the London lunatic asylum

William Hogarth's tomb in St Nicholas' churchyard

View of living quarters at the Beauchamp Tower and White Tower

Jerry Heard

Portrait of William Fairbairn (1789-1874) mb-height 4846 16th October 1962Three quarter length seated portrait of Sir William Fairbairn. The engineer holds a quill pen in his right hand, the left elbow leaning against a table to the sitter's left, his face leaning lightly on his left hand. The table is covered in a green cloth and contains a glass inkwell held on a silver stand with a second quill. There is an angled writing stand with papers on it. Another set of papers to the foreground is headed: 'Observations of the