M0004586: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) at work in his laboratory at the Royal Institution

Date:
7 April 1936
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/36/100
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M0004586: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) at work in his laboratory at the Royal Institution. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: 'Faraday at work in his laboratory at the Royal Institution'.

Description

A reproduction of a photograph of a watercolour painting of Michael Faraday (1791-1867) at work in his laboratory at the Royal Institution. Faraday was an English scientist who worked on electromagnetism and electrochemistry. The painter of the original is not certain but possibly attributed to a "Miss Harris."

Publication/Creation

7 April 1936

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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