Sydney Smirke to Faraday   6 June 18391

12, Regent St | June 6 1839

Sir,

There are two or three small objects which I have here and which perhaps may be worth the trouble of placing on the Library table next Friday2: should it be convenient to you to send a person for them I shall be most happy to contribute them: but should they be in your opinion either unsuitable, or of insufficient interest, I beg you will consider yours<<elf>> at perfect liberty to treat them as y<<ou>> think proper.

I remain, Sir, with feelings of great gratitude for the advantage which, as member of the R. Institution, I derive from [its] exertions,

Your most obedient & faithful &c | Sydney Smirke

M. Faraday Esq | &c &c &c

1
Sydney Smirke (1798-1877, DNB). Architect.
2
A tessellated pavement, lent by Smirke, was exhibited in the Library on 7 June 1839 when the Friday Evening Discourse was given by Faraday. RI MS F4E, p.61.

Please cite as “Faraday1180,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1180