Accession No

5772

Brief Description

print of Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, taken from The Illustrated London News, by Alexander Blaikley, English, 1856

Origin

England

Maker

Blaikley, Alexander

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1856

Latest Date

1856

Inscription Date

1856

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 402mm; width 280mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from an individual, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge, England on 01/02/1999.

Inscription

‘FEB. 16, 1856.] THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 177’ (top of page)
‘PROFESSOR FARADAY LECTURING AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, BEFORE H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT, THE PRINCE OF WALES, AND PRINCE ALFRED - FROM A SKETCH BY ALEXANDER BLAIKLEY.-(SEE NEXT PAGE)’ (below picture)
‘THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.
PROFESSOR FARADAY LECTURING BEFORE PRINCE ALBERT, THE
PRINCE OF WALES, AND PRINCE ALFRED.’ (above article on reverse)

Description Notes

Black and white print of Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution. On the reverse is text, including an article on the same subject.
Taken from the Illustrated London News. The original sketch was by Blaikley, Alexander.

Condition: fair.

References

Ruth Horry & Boris Jardine; 'Michael Faraday's microscope slide'; Explore Whipple Collections online article; Whipple Museum of the History of Science; University of Cambridge; 2008: https://www.whipplemuseum.cam.ac.uk/explore-whipple-collections/microscopes/michael-faradays-microscope-slide

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