Edward William Cooke to Faraday   8 June 18541

“The Ferns” | Kensington, | 8, June 1854

Dear Profr Faraday

According to promise I beg to remind you that the last meeting of the Kensington Conversazione takes place this evg Thursday at Campden House, 8 o’clk2. We trust you will be present, you will find much to admire in the way of art, & I think nature will not be far behind in attractiveness.

Your lecture which will - as usual, draw a very large audience to the theatre of the Royal Instn tomorrow evg3 has induced me to send a hundred of my Venetian Photographs for the Library but pray use your own discretion as to admitting so many & reject any you please - my idea was to form a continuous line but if you think a few gaps expedient Mr Vincent will attend to your wishes.

Yours very truly | E.W. Cooke

Profr Faraday F.R.S. &c &c &c

1
Edward William Cooke (1811-1880, B1). Painter.
2
On this exhibition of art see Athenaeum,10 June 1854, p.720.
3
Faraday (1854e), Friday Evening Discourse of 9 June 1854.

Bibliography

FARADAY, Michael (1854e): “On Magnetic Hypotheses”, Proc. Roy. Inst., 1: 457-9.

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