Faraday to John James Masquierer   25 June 18291

Royal Institution | June 25. 1829

My dear Sir

Will you allow me to introduce to your acquaintance my friend Dr Harwood2 who is also Professor of Natural History3 and is at present about to fix his residence at Brighton[.]

The last time I saw you in London I was so thoroughly occupied as I presume was evident to you that I had not the opportunity of receiving you with the attention I should like to have given to an old friend but the Friday Evenings are now over and I feel as if worn out by them[.]

Pray make my best respects to Mrs Masquierer4[.] Say that late events have often called her conversation relative to Sir Humphry and Lady Davy to my mind5.

I am dear Sir | Your Obliged & faithful | M. Faraday

J.J. Masquierer Esq | &c &c &c

1
John James Masquierer (1778-1855, DNB). Painter. According to Thompson (1898), 7-8 Masquierer lodged with Riebau and while there taught Faraday drawing. See also Prescott (1985), 29.
2
John Harwood (d.1854, age 60, GRO). Physician.
3
At the Royal Institution.
4
Rachel Masquierer, née Scott (d.1850, age 72, GRO).
5
Davy had died in Geneva on 29 May, although this was not reported in the Times until 9 June 1829, p.2, col. d, with an extended report the following day, p.2, col. d.

Bibliography

PRESCOTT, Gertrude M. (1985): “Faraday: Image of the Man and the Collector”, in Gooding and James (1985), 15-31.

THOMPSON, Silvanus P. (1898): Michael Faraday, His Life and Work, London.

Please cite as “Faraday0401,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday0401