Edward Joseph Hill Jekyll1 to John Barlow and John Barlow to Faraday   1 October 18482

Bramley House | Guildford | Oct 1st

My dear Mr Barlow

Ld Bury3 has just bought my house No 2 Grafton Street, in it, are 2 fine casts on antique pedestals, one of the dying Gladiator & the other Mars in repose, a sitting figure of which but few casts exist. If the Royal Institution would honor me by their acceptance of the above I should be too happy to offer them. It would be but a very few yards to remove them & they are now in perfect condition.

Yours sincerely | E. Jekyll

Thinking it possible you may be out of town I have taken the liberty of addressing this to yourself or Mr Faraday at the Royal Institution.


My dear Faraday

Will you kindly deal with this proposal.

Ever Your | J.B.

1
Edward Joseph Hill Jekyll (1804–1876, ODNB under Gertrude Jekyll). Retired Captain in the Grenadier Guards.
2
Dated on the basis of POD evidence of the occupancy of 2 Grafton Street.
3
George Thomas Keppel, Lord Bury (1799–1891, ODNB). Whig politician.

Please cite as “Faraday2110a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2110a