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Michael Faraday Collection

Michael Faraday was a renowned British scientist and physicist who made significant contributions to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving)

Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving)
6034701 Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon: Faraday Giving His Card to Father Thames)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Faraday on magnetism and gravity, 1849

Faraday on magnetism and gravity, 1849
Faraday on magnetism and gravity. Page from the notebooks of British physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867), showing notes and a diagram of an apparatus for investigating magnetism and gravity

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist, engraving

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist, engraving
1732440 Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist, engraving; (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) english chemist and physicist, engraving).

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday, 1850

Michael Faraday, 1850
1574403 Michael Faraday, 1850; (add.info.: Photographic print of Michael Faraday (1791-1867) an English scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: The centenary of Michael Faraday's birth and his contributions to the development of electricity

The centenary of Michael Faraday's birth and his contributions to the development of electricity. 1891 (engraving)
5615927 The centenary of Michael Faraday's birth and his contributions to the development of electricity. 1891 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday
5311893 Michael Faraday; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Michael Faraday in his laboratory at the Royal Institute. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) an English scientist

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Early transformers

Early transformers
5310265 Early transformers; (add.info.: Engraving depicting early transformers: Left, Faraday's first (1831) model, based on a drawing in his notebooks

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday
NWI4757797 Michael Faraday.; (add.info.: Michael Faraday.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday
5312034 Michael Faraday; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Michael Faraday in his laboratory at the Royal Institute. Michael Faraday (1791-1867) an English scientist

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
864450 Michael Faraday (1791-1867); (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist, left, and John Frederic Daniell (1790-1845) English chemist, physicist and meteorologist

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
863342 Michael Faraday (1791-1867); (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist. In 1813 became laboratory assistant to Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution, London

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Michael Faraday (1791-1867)
863343 Michael Faraday (1791-1867); (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867) English chemist and physicist. In 1813 became laboratory assistant to Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution, London

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, before H.R.H

Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, before H.R.H. Prince Albert, the Prince of Wal Creator: Unknown
Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, before H.R.H. Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred - from a sketch by Alexander Blaikley

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday (1791-1867), English scientist, engraving, published in 1882

Michael Faraday (1791-1867), English scientist, engraving, published in 1882
Michael Faraday (1791 - 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday
Engraving From 1873 Featuring The English Scientist Who Discovered Electromagnetic Induction, Michael Faraday. Faraday Lived From 1791 Until 1867

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: First magnetoelectric motor built by Hippolyte Pixii, c1832 (c1890)

First magnetoelectric motor built by Hippolyte Pixii, c1832 (c1890). This was the first application of Faradays demonstration (1831) that magnetism produces an electric current

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Henry Deacon (b / w photo)

Henry Deacon (b / w photo)
3649861 Henry Deacon (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry Deacon. Illustration for A History of the Chemical Industry in Widnes by D W F Hardie)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday
LLM459534 Michael Faraday by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michael Faraday. Illustration for La Ciencia Y Sus Hombres by Luis Figuier (D Jaime Seix, 1876)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Faraday and the newspaper boys (engraving)

Faraday and the newspaper boys (engraving)
2788393 Faraday and the newspaper boys (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Faraday and the newspaper boys. Illustration for The Leisure Hour (1872)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday, DCL, FRS (engraving)

Michael Faraday, DCL, FRS (engraving)
1612669 Michael Faraday, DCL, FRS (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michael Faraday, DCL, FRS)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Centenary of the Royal Institution (litho)

Centenary of the Royal Institution (litho)
1598982 Centenary of the Royal Institution (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Centenary of the Royal Institution)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faradays flat at the Royal Institution, 1850-55 (w / c on paper)

Michael Faradays flat at the Royal Institution, 1850-55 (w / c on paper)
TRI137595 Michael Faradays flat at the Royal Institution, 1850-55 (w/c on paper) by Moore, Harriet Jane (1801-1884); 29.8x21.3 cm; The Royal Institution, London, UK; eRoyal Institution; English

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faradays Study on the second floor at The Royal Institution

Michael Faradays Study on the second floor at The Royal Institution
TRI137594 Michael Faradays Study on the second floor at The Royal Institution, 1850-55 (w/c on paper) by Moore, Harriet Jane (1801-1884); 20x29.3 cm; The Royal Institution, London

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Faradays Table in the Theatre of the Royal Institution (b / w photo)

Faradays Table in the Theatre of the Royal Institution (b / w photo)
3092237 Faradays Table in the Theatre of the Royal Institution (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, before HRH the Prince of Wales

Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, before HRH the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert (engraving)
1608583 Professor Faraday lecturing at the Royal Institution, before HRH the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert (engraving) by Blaikley

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Table Turning (engraving)

Table Turning (engraving)
1097140 Table Turning (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Table Turning. Illustration for The Illustrated London News)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Blandford Street, Michael Faradays house, Marylebone, London (b / w photo)

Blandford Street, Michael Faradays house, Marylebone, London (b / w photo)
3642639 Blandford Street, Michael Faradays house, Marylebone, London (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Blandford Street, Michael Faradays house)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Frog, marking the site of Faradays Froggery, Dorian Workshop

Frog, marking the site of Faradays Froggery, Dorian Workshop
TRI249103 Frog, marking the site of Faradays Froggery, Dorian Workshop, early 1930s (inlaid wood) by English School, (20th century); The Royal Institution, London

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: The progress of science in the Victorian era (photogravure)

The progress of science in the Victorian era (photogravure)
6030864 The progress of science in the Victorian era (photogravure) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The progress of science in the Victorian era)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faradays Study on the second floor at The Royal Institution

Michael Faradays Study on the second floor at The Royal Institution
TRI137597 Michael Faradays Study on the second floor at The Royal Institution, from Henry Bence Joness The Life and Letters of Faraday, published 1870, 1869 (engraving) (see 137594) by Moore

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday (engraving)

Michael Faraday (engraving)
815946 Michael Faraday (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michel Faraday (engraving)

Michel Faraday (engraving)
2817630 Michel Faraday (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michel Faraday. Illustration for Les Nouvelles Conquetes De La Science, L Electricite)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (litho)

Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (litho)
981290 Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (litho) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday (photo)

Michael Faraday (photo)
611485 Michael Faraday (photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michael Faraday); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection; English, out of copyright

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Extract from Michael Faradays diary, October 1831 (pen and ink on paper)

Extract from Michael Faradays diary, October 1831 (pen and ink on paper)
TRI142392 Extract from Michael Faradays diary, October 1831 (pen and ink on paper) by English School, (19th century); The Royal Institution, London, UK; eRoyal Institution; English, out of copyright

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: The late Michael Faraday (engraving)

The late Michael Faraday (engraving)
1620550 The late Michael Faraday (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The late Michael Faraday)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Professor Faradays Lecture at the Royal Institution (engraving)

Professor Faradays Lecture at the Royal Institution (engraving)
1101685 Professor Faradays Lecture at the Royal Institution (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Professor Faradays Lecture at the Royal Institution)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday

Michael Faraday
LLM457118 Michael Faraday by Maclise, Daniel (1806-70) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michael Faraday. Illustration for The Maclise Portrait Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters by)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: A Page from Michael Faradays notebook announcing a display of William Fox-Talbot

A Page from Michael Faradays notebook announcing a display of William Fox-Talbot
714720 A Page from Michael Faradays notebook announcing a display of William Fox-Talbots new photographic drawings, at the Royal Institution, 25th July 1839 (pen & ink on paper) by Faraday

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Ticket of admission to the Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London

Ticket of admission to the Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London, to a lecture by Michael Faraday (engraving)
586174 Ticket of admission to the Royal Institution, Albemarle Street, London, to a lecture by Michael Faraday (engraving) by English School

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Statue of Professor Faraday in the hall of the Royal Institution (engraving)

Statue of Professor Faraday in the hall of the Royal Institution (engraving)
585515 Statue of Professor Faraday in the hall of the Royal Institution (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Professor Michael Faraday, scientist)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Faraday Giving his Card to Father Thames, from Punch, 21 July 1855 (engraving)

Faraday Giving his Card to Father Thames, from Punch, 21 July 1855 (engraving)
TRI142391 Faraday Giving his Card to Father Thames, from Punch, 21 July 1855 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); The Royal Institution, London, UK; eRoyal Institution; English

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: The Centenary of the Royal Institution (engraving)

The Centenary of the Royal Institution (engraving)
1051895 The Centenary of the Royal Institution (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Centenary of the Royal Institution)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (coloured photo)

Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (coloured photo)
981362 Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (coloured photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Michael Faraday (1791-1867)

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Portrait of Michael Faraday, 1852. Creator: William Holl

Portrait of Michael Faraday, 1852. Creator: William Holl
Portrait of Michael Faraday, 1852. Engraved by William Holl, the Younger

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Michael Faraday, 1860s. Creator: John & Charles Watkins

Michael Faraday, 1860s. Creator: John & Charles Watkins
Michael Faraday, 1860s

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Engraving of english scientist Michael Faraday from 1870

Engraving of english scientist Michael Faraday from 1870
" Michael Faraday, 18th Century Style, Painted Image, Antique, Engrav, Michael Faraday, 183042099

Background imageMichael Faraday Collection: Antique illustration of Michael Faraday

Antique illustration of Michael Faraday



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Michael Faraday was a renowned British scientist and physicist who made significant contributions to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. Born in 1791, he rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential figures in scientific history. Faraday's experiments on electricity and magnetism revolutionized our understanding of these phenomena. His groundbreaking work laid the foundation for many modern technologies we rely on today. In a famous Punch cartoon, Faraday is depicted giving his card to Father Thames, symbolizing his deep connection with nature and its forces. One of Faraday's notable achievements was his discovery of electromagnetic induction, which led to the development of electric generators and transformers. This breakthrough paved the way for advancements in power generation that continue to shape our world. In 1849, Faraday delivered a series of lectures on magnetism and gravity at the Royal Institution, captivating audiences with his brilliant mind and engaging presentations. He had an innate ability to simplify complex concepts, making science accessible to all. Hippolyte Pixii built the first magnetoelectric motor around 1832 based on Faraday's principles. This invention marked a turning point in electrical engineering by demonstrating how electricity could be converted into mechanical energy. Henry Deacon captured an iconic black-and-white photograph showcasing Michael Faraday's intense focus as he delved deeper into scientific exploration. It serves as a reminder of his unwavering dedication towards unraveling nature's mysteries. Faraday was not only known for his scientific prowess but also for his kindness towards others. An engraving depicts him surrounded by newspaper boys who admired him greatly – a testament to his popularity among both scientists and society at large. His contributions were widely recognized during his lifetime; he received numerous accolades such as being appointed DCL (Doctorate in Civil Law) and becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). The centenary celebration held at The Royal Institution honored Faradays' enduring legacy.