Portrait of Michael Faraday
Date
mid 19th century
Sitter
Michael Faraday (1791 - 1867, British) , Physicist
Creator
John Cochran (British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
After
Henry William Pickersgill (1782 - 1875, British) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 115mm
width (print): 92mm
height (paper support): 179mm
width (paper support): 135mm
width (print): 92mm
height (paper support): 179mm
width (paper support): 135mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Michael Faraday, seated to the right as viewed and looking to the left. He wears regency-style dress and has short curled hair in a central parting.
Inscribed ‘MICHAEL FARADAY, ESQ. F.R.S. M.R.I. F.G.S. &c.’ with facsimile signature below. Pencilled ‘1824’ on the paper support.
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was a British chemist and physicist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1824.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p21.
Inscribed ‘MICHAEL FARADAY, ESQ. F.R.S. M.R.I. F.G.S. &c.’ with facsimile signature below. Pencilled ‘1824’ on the paper support.
Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was a British chemist and physicist, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1824.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p21.
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