Portrait of William Fairbairn (1789-1874) mb-height 4846 A general view of York

A general view of York Minster

View of living quarters at the Beauchamp Tower and White Tower

Found in the collection of the Israel Museum

16th October 1962

Portrait of William Fairbairn (1789-1874) mb-height 4846 A general view of YorkThree 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