Caption

Portrait of Mayor Abel Heywood, photograph, page, photographer: J. McLeod, Manchester, c. 1876 - in or before 1877, paper, albumen print, height 217 mm x width 164 mm, Photo on frontispiece., Person, Abel Heywood, mayor, burgomaster, A sepia-toned portrait of a middle-aged man standing, wearing a dark formal garment with a light fur-trimmed robe draped over his shoulders and ornamental embroidered cuffs, a large decorative chain or collar with an ornate medallion rests around his neck, he has neatly combed hair, sideburns, and a trimmed beard, a bow tie and waistcoat are visible beneath the robe, one hand rests on a wooden table with carved details and metal studs while the other holds a rolled document, the background shows a softly blurred backdrop and patterned fabric at one side, the image has rounded top corners and a faded, aged appearance.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A99_430

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Rights managed

Available size

40.7Mb (4.8Mb) / 11.3in x 14.1in / 3376 x 4216 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Mayor Abel Heywood photograph page photographer J McLeod Manchester c 1876 - 1877 paper albumen print height 217 mm x width 164 mm Photo frontispiece Person Abel Heywood mayor burgomaster sepia-toned portrait middle-aged man standing wearing dark formal garment light fur-trimmed robe draped shoulders ornamental embroidered cuffs large decorative chain collar ornate medallion rests neck neatly combed hair sideburns trimmed beard bow tie waistcoat visible beneath robe hand rests wooden table carved details metal studs holds rolled document background softly blurred backdrop patterned fabric side image rounded top corners faded aged appearance