Portrait of Sarah Faraday (1800-1879) Maqama coat and waistcoat and holding

coat and waistcoat and holding a book

indluding a man on horseback

20th May 1954

Original is oil on canvas 89x76

A hand appears holding the letter A

Portrait of Sarah Faraday (1800-1879) Maqama coat and waistcoat and holdingCarte de visite full length studio portrait of Sarah Faraday, wife of Michael Faraday. Sarah Faraday, is shown seated before a desk upon which there is a potted fern; Mrs Faraday holds a letter on her lap, in her right hand. Inscribed verso, 'Mrs Faraday Easter 1874 given me by Mrs Faraday' [by William Fletcher Barrett]. Engraved verso, gold on a green ground: 'T. C. Turner, photographer & portrait painter, 17 Upper Street, Islington and 10 Barnsbury