Michael Faraday
(1791-1867), ScientistEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 28 portraits
Physicist and chemist; assistant to Humphry Davy; liquefied chlorine and other gases, and discovered benzene, 1825; discovered electro-magnetic induction, 1831, his work on electricity providing the foundation of modern electrical applications; a brilliant lecturer and one of the greatest of all experimental scientists.
by William Brockedon
black chalk, 1831
NPG 2515(24)
Michael Faraday; William Thomas Brande
by Antoine Claudet
half-plate daguerreotype, circa 1846
On display in Room 20 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P740
by Sir Thomas Brock, after John Henry Foley
marble bust, 1886, based on a work of 1877
NPG 748
by Herbert Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s
NPG x13927
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, 1857
NPG x13932
by Maull & Polyblank
albumen print, arched top, published October 1857
NPG Ax7281
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax17794
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x13931
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax18201
by John & Charles Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x13928
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax16267
by McLean & Haes
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax11937
by William Walker & Sons
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax11953
by James Valentine
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x45093
by Ernest Edwards, published by Lovell Reeve & Co
albumen print, published 1863
NPG Ax13842
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen print, published 1876
NPG Ax132901
after Daniel Maclise
pen and ink, (early 1830s)
NPG D34567
by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1 February 1830
NPG D36649
by Samuel Cousins, published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1 February 1830
NPG D36650
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