Michael Faraday

Claudet, Antoine-François-Jean

1848

copper, daguerreotype, photography

Victoria and Albert Museum

A waist-up studio portrait shows a man with graying hair and a beard, wearing a dark suit and bow tie. He is seated with his left arm resting on a surface. A waist-up studio portrait shows a man with graying hair and a beard, wearing a dark suit and bow tie. He is seated with his left arm resting on a surface. Photograph by Antoine Claudet, Portrait of Michael Faraday, gold toned daguerreotype, 1848.