Faraday to Thomas Phillips   27 January 1844

R Institution | 27 Jany 1844

My dear Sir

I have just been seized with a sharp attack of what feels like lumbago the first I have had. It may not last long but it makes me catch in breathing unable to keep a position & will for the present confine me to my room[.] I hope therefore you will excuse me this morning1[.]

Ever Truly Yours | M. Faraday

Thos. Phillips Esq RA | &c &c &c

1
This letter implies that Faraday was again sitting for a portrait by Phillips (see letter 1339) but Ormond (1973), 1: 168 found no further evidence of such a sitting.

Bibliography

ORMOND, Richard (1973): Early Victorian Portraits, 2 volumes, London.

Please cite as “Faraday1550,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday1550