Portrait of William Fairbairn (1789-1874) Size:S: 40 x 30cm 'The Yankee Fireman keeps his

'The Yankee Fireman keeps his Word'

6th June 1961

People stroll along the outer path

carrying a basket of watercress and holding out a small bunch to attract passers by

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Portrait of William Fairbairn (1789-1874) Size:S: 40 x 30cm 'The Yankee Fireman keeps hisThree 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