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Three Fellows of the Royal Society offering the presidency of the Society to Michael Faraday in 1857. Photogravure by Hanfstaengl after E. Armitage.
- Armitage, Edward, 1817-1896
- Date
- 1869?
- Reference
- 11920i
- Pictures
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Credit: Three Fellows of the Royal Society offering the presidency of the Society to Michael Faraday in 1857. Photogravure by Hanfstaengl after E. Armitage. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Left to right: Lord Wrottesley, P.R.S. 1854-1858, barrister and astronomer; J.P. Gassiot, wine merchant, patron of science and physicist; Sir W.R. Grove, experimental philosopher and judge; Michael Faraday. Faraday was offered the presidency in May 1857. He refused it
Publication/Creation
Munich : Hanfstaengl, 1869?
Physical description
1 print : photogravure ; sheet 34.6 x 42.5 cm
Contributors
Lettering
A deputation to Faraday. E. Armitage pinx. ; Gravure Hanfstaengl, Munich
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 11920i
Reproduction note
The oil painting by Armitage is in the Royal Society, London. See N.H. Robinson, Royal Society portraits, p. 338
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Languages
- English
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