Charles Lock Eastlake1 to Faraday2   15 November 1850

7 Fitzroy Square | 15 Nov. 50

My dear Sir

I send you herewith Mr Wm. Russell’s3 draft report with the note which accompanied it inviting you to improve it where you think fit.

Very truly Yours | C.L. Eastlake

1
Charles Lock Eastlake (1793–1865, ODNB). Director of the National Gallery, 1855–1865.
2
Recipient identified on the basis of the provenance of this letter and that Faraday was the third author, with Eastlake and Russell, of the ‘Further Report on the Subject of the Protection of the Pictures in the National Gallery by Glass’ dated 16 November 1850, (copy in National Gallery MS NG5/84/3).
3
William Russell (1800–1884, B6). Lawyer and a Trustee of the National Gallery, 1850–1884.

Please cite as “Faraday2340a,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2340a