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Image number: RS.7909
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Portrait of Michael Faraday
Date
1857
Sitter
Michael Faraday (1791 - 1867, British) , Natural philosopher
Creator - Organisation
Maull & Polyblank, Photographer
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 198mm
width (print): 147mm
height (mount): 299mm
width (mount): 239mm
width (print): 147mm
height (mount): 299mm
width (mount): 239mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Half length studio portrait of Michael Faraday standing with his left hand resting upon a table, knuckles down, the right holding a bar magnet upright. Faraday wears a dark jacket, and decorated waistcoat with watch chain visible, over lighter-coloured trousers.
Arched gold surround, inscribed below in gold: “Photographed by MAULL & POLYBLANK, 55, Gracechurch Street and 187a Piccadilly, London.” Signed lower right in ink “M Faraday”. Inscribed in pencil verso “Professor Faraday”.
From the Maull & Polyblank series Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities, no.18 October 1857.
Michael Faraday was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1824.
Arched gold surround, inscribed below in gold: “Photographed by MAULL & POLYBLANK, 55, Gracechurch Street and 187a Piccadilly, London.” Signed lower right in ink “M Faraday”. Inscribed in pencil verso “Professor Faraday”.
From the Maull & Polyblank series Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities, no.18 October 1857.
Michael Faraday was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1824.
Transcription
Photographed by MAULL & POLYBLANK, 55, Gracechurch Street and 187A Piccadilly, London.
M Faraday
Professor Faraday
M Faraday
Professor Faraday
Object history
Henry Maull (1829-1914) was a British photographer who specialised in portraits of noted individuals. Maull formed several partnerships during his career:
Maull & Polyblank 1856-1865: in partnership with George Henry Polyblank
Maull, Henry & Co 1866-1872
Maull & Co 1873-1878
Maull & Fox 1879-1908: in partnership with John Fox (1832-1907)
The Royal Society holds approximately 600 photographic portraits of Fellows taken at Henry Maull studios between the mid-nineteenth century and the early twentieth century.
Maull & Polyblank 1856-1865: in partnership with George Henry Polyblank
Maull, Henry & Co 1866-1872
Maull & Co 1873-1878
Maull & Fox 1879-1908: in partnership with John Fox (1832-1907)
The Royal Society holds approximately 600 photographic portraits of Fellows taken at Henry Maull studios between the mid-nineteenth century and the early twentieth century.
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