Faraday to John Martin   23 December 1828

Royal Institution | Dec. 23. 1828

My dear Sir

Many many thanks to you for your kind invitation which on the part of my wife she begs me to decline as she very rarely goes out of the circle of a numerous family[.] For myself I shall endeavour to be with you i.e. if Mrs. Martin1 will consent to take me alone but I am rather uncertain from numerous business engagements & meetings about this time of the year[.]

I sent your engravings to France through the Ambassador2 some time ago; I do not know whether you can yet have received an acknowledgement of them or not, Great bodies move but slowly.

With best respects to Mrs. Martin I am My dear Sir

Very faithfully Yours | M. Faraday

J. Martin Esq | &c &c

1
Susan Martin, née Garret (b. c1781, see Feaver (1975), 13).
2
Either Charles Stuart (1779-1845, DNB), British ambassador to Paris, 1815-1830 or Auguste-Jules-Armand-Marie, Prince de Polignac (1780-1847, NBU), French ambassador to London, 1820- 1829.

Bibliography

FEAVER, William (1975): The Art of John Martin, Oxford.

Please cite as “Faraday0382,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0382