Faraday to Henry Bence Jones   25 November 18621

25 Novr. 1862

My dear Dr Bence Jones,

I have put M. Wiener2 on provisionally - that the Managers consent3 - for I find that their consent was asked once before on the part of Lady Rumford4.

I send you a proposition on the part of one of our Members - have told him the F.E. are full up to Easter5.

Ever Yours truly | M. Faraday

1
This letter is black-edged due to the death of Margaret Barnard, see letter 4236.
2
Karel Wiener (1832–1887, NNBW). Dutch sculptor and medallist.
3
See RI MM, 1 December 1862, 11: 453 which gave Wiener permission to copy a portrait of the adventurer and philanthropist Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753–1814, ODNB) owned by the Royal Institution.
4
Sarah, Countess Rumford (1774–1852, ACAB). Daughter of Count Rumford. For this earlier permission, see RI MM, 19 June 1835, 8: 365-6 and Prescott (2002), 67.

Bibliography

PRESCOTT, Gertrude M. (2002): “Forging Idenity: The Royal Institution’s Visual Collections”, in James (2002a), 59-96.

Please cite as “Faraday4258,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 8 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4258