Portrait of Michael Faraday

Half-length oil painting of Michael Faraday by Alexander Blaikley. Looking to the viewer's right, Faraday's left hand and index finger are extended, as if in the act of speaking or lecturing. Faraday is dressed in a black jacket and tie, with a white shirt. To the left of the painting as viewed is a glass tube with brass fittings containing electrodes and a spirit burner, intended to represent Faraday's work on electrolysis.