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Description: | A portrait of William Felkin, J.P., F.S.S., F.L.S., (1795-1874), Mayor of Nottingham, 1850-51, author of "History of Machine-made Lace and Hosiery Manufacturers," showing the sitter facing left, soberly dressed in black jacket and waistcoat. He wears a beard probably fashionable in his period that stretches all around the edge of his lower face leaving the chin area beneath the mouth exposed. 1) Charles Wilmott Felkin (great grandson of sitter)
2) "I gave it to my late brother in Doncaster on the death of my father 5 years ago" (C.W. Felkin to Laws, 20/7/1955)
3) Mrs Laura Felkin from whom to museum by bequest
Accession number: NCM 1964-67 | Subjects: | costume (men's) portraits | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | by REDGATE/Sylvanus | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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