Sir John Aird, 1st Bt
(1833-1911), Civil engineering contractorSitter in 5 portraits
Engineering contractor of reservoirs and gas, railway and dock works. Best known for damming the Nile, 1898-1902. MP for North Paddington, 1887-1905, and first Mayor of Paddington, 1900.
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 20 June 1891
NPG 5014
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 1897
NPG x8261
'Afternoon tea on the Terrace'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, July 1897
NPG x133295
by James Russell & Sons
bromide print, published 1911
NPG x134958
Sir John Aird, 1st Bt ('Statesmen. No. 579.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 June 1891
NPG D44547
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