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English: Michael Faraday, (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) in his late thirties
Date circa 1826
date QS:P,+1826-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Dibner Library, http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/B07069
Author Painted by H.W. Pickersgill (1782-1875), Engraved by John Cochran (1821-1865)
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Artists and sitter died over 140 years ago
Other versions See page 195 of Hamilton, James (2004) A Life of Discovery: Michael Faraday, Giant of the Scientific Revolution, New York publisher = Random House ISBN: 1-4000-6016-8. for more information. Hamilton says that the engraver was Samuel Cousins (1801-1887) and that the portrait was painted in 1829. See also similar versions at the Edgar Fahs Smith collection (USA) and the National Portrait Gallery (UK).

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