English School. Portrait of Kirwan Joseph Fernie, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, depicting a young gentleman wearing white breeches, boots with spurs, dark jacket and waistcoat, and a blue necktie, with a cigar in his left hand, leaning his right elbow on a secretary desk, with a blotter, ink pot and quill, and theodolite in front of him on drop down desk top, a trumpet on top of the desk, a telescope directed at the landscape vista seen through a window, and a large dog at his feet, professionally cleaned and re-lined, manuscript name of sitter in large ink lettering on verso, 47 x 34.5 cm (18.5 x 13.5 ins), framed (Qty: 1) Kirwan Joseph Fernie (1820-1906) was the son of Ebenezer and May Fernie, and brother of Ebenezer Waugh Fernie who was a pioneer of the oil industry in North Wales and Scotland. Kirwan married Anne Caney Stanton (1818-1909) in 1868, and when he died they were living at Chase Lodge, Mill Hill, Middlesex.
English School. Portrait of Kirwan Joseph Fernie, mid 19th century, oil on canvas, depicting a young gentleman wearing white breeches, boots with spurs, dark jacket and waistcoat, and a blue necktie, with a cigar in his left hand, leaning his right elbow on a secretary desk, with a blotter, ink pot and quill, and theodolite in front of him on drop down desk top, a trumpet on top of the desk, a telescope directed at the landscape vista seen through a window, and a large dog at his feet, professionally cleaned and re-lined, manuscript name of sitter in large ink lettering on verso, 47 x 34.5 cm (18.5 x 13.5 ins), framed (Qty: 1) Kirwan Joseph Fernie (1820-1906) was the son of Ebenezer and May Fernie, and brother of Ebenezer Waugh Fernie who was a pioneer of the oil industry in North Wales and Scotland. Kirwan married Anne Caney Stanton (1818-1909) in 1868, and when he died they were living at Chase Lodge, Mill Hill, Middlesex.
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