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Portrait of Professor Michael Faraday
Charles Henry Jeens (English, 1827–1879)
Published by: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington (English, 1848–1969)
After: John Watkins (English, 1823–1874)
Published by: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington (English, 1848–1969)
After: John Watkins (English, 1823–1874)
English
1884
Medium/Technique
Stipple engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.6 × 14.1 cm (8 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Source unidentified
Accession Number2023.462
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionFrom a photograph.
Taken from An Historical and Practical Guide to Art Illustration by James Shirley Hodson (London, 1884).
Taken from An Historical and Practical Guide to Art Illustration by James Shirley Hodson (London, 1884).
Signed
Lower right, in image: CHJeens
InscriptionsLower center, in letterpress: Michael Faraday / From a Photograph by John Watkins, 34. Parliament Street.
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: From Hodson. / 3.
Verso, center, in graphite, in the hand of Sylvester Rosa Koehler: From Hodson. / 3.
Provenance2023, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession Date: August 14, 2023)