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Prepared Paper (Kept as Ageing Test) from the Photographic Experiments of Sir John Herschel, 1839

Inventory Number: 67327
Object Type:
Persons: Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Date Created: 1839
Accession Number: 1928-71
Brief Description: Pale greenish to buff, plain back.

For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.
Primary Inscriptions: '599'.
Provenance: Presented by Miss Herschel and Lady Lubbock in 1928. They were the two surviving and youngest children of Sir John Herschel (Francisca and Constance).
Collection Group: Herschel's Photographic Experiments
Material(s): Paper
Dimensions:
Height Width Depth Diameter Unit
96 120 mm

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