Deputation to Faraday Newcastle House 14th April 1963

14th April 1963

Back row: Reg Presley and Chris Britton (right)

Tsar Alexander I

with the left at his hip above the hilt of his sword

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Deputation to Faraday Newcastle House 14th April 1963Group portrait and historical painting depicting a delegation from Council of the Royal Society in 1857, offering the organisation's Presidency to Michael Faraday, who refused the office. The delegation occupies the left of the composition, facing Faraday across a table. The group is: John Wrottesley (seated left); J P Gassiot (seated, centre left) W. R. Grove (standing) and Michael Faraday (seated, right). The scene is an interior with a marble