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Manuscript Note from the Photographic Experiments of Sir John Herschel, 1842/43

Inventory Number: 81984
Object Type:
Persons: Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Writer)
Date Created:
Accession Number: 1928-71
Brief Description: Small paper containing slight pencil notes by Herschel (mostly blank), undated (companion to 99569, 18517, and 13106).

For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.
Primary Inscriptions:
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 79 mm

Narratives

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