Faraday to Peter le Neve Foster1   23 February 1863

The Society of Arts’ Memorial | of | His Royal Highness the Prince Consort

Sir,

Please insert my name in the list of Subscribers to the memorial2, for the sum of one guinea [word illegible] as per report of the meeting which I enclose3

signed M. Faraday | Address Royal Institution

P. le Neve Foster | Society of Arts | Adelphi | London. W.C.

1
Peter le Neve Foster (1809–1879, ODNB). Secretary of the Society of Arts, 1853–1879.
2
It was agreed at a meeting of the Society of Arts on 21 March 1862 that a fund to provide a memorial to the Prince Consort should be established and that individuals would be invited to contribute a guinea each. J.Soc.Arts, 13 February 1863, 11: 215-7.
3
Faraday’s contribution was noted in J.Soc.Arts, 27 February 1863, 11: 253.

Please cite as “Faraday4310,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4310