About this portrait
Wilhelmus Petrus Adrianus Mutsaers (Tilburg, 3 August 1833 – Tilburg, 12 February 1907) was a son of manufacturer Bernardus Jacobus Mutsaers and Elisabeth Boex — and thus a brother of Antonius Johannes Franciscus Mutsaers (see his portrait in this collection). By trade he was a manufacturer of woollen fabrics. In 1868, aged 35, he was elected member of the Provincial States for the city of Tilburg. From 1874 to 1901 he served on the Provincial Executive, and from 1889 to 1905 he was a member of the House of Representatives, successively for the districts of Eindhoven and Waalwijk. By Royal Decree of 3 December 1901 he was appointed mayor of Tilburg and installed on 23 December of that year, aged 69. This portrait (studio J. Maes, Brussels) dates from around 1860–1865.
