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Michael Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution: Prince Albert and his sons in the audience. Wood engraving, 1856, after A. Blaikley.
- Blaikley, Alexander, 1816-1903.
- Date
- 16 February 1856
- Reference
- 40199i
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Description
The scene is one of the Christmas lectures. Faraday is depicted at the instant of throwing an object up in the air with his left hand. He is holding a similar object in his right. Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred sit in the front row on the left
Publication/Creation
[London] : Illustrated London news, 16 February 1856.
Physical description
1 print : wood engraving ; image 23.5 x 32.1 cm
Contributors
Lettering
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.-
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 40199i
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Subjects
- Lectures and lecturing
- Kings and rulers
- Princes
- Princesses
- Queens
- Royal houses
- Chemical apparatus
- Crowds
- London (England)
- Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861.
- Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910.
- Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Alfred, Duke of, 1844-1900.
- Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867.
- Royal Institution of Great Britain
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