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Wrapper from the Photographic Experiments of Sir John Herschel, Probably 1844

Inventory Number: 91242
Object Type: Object
Persons: Sir John Frederick William Herschel
Date Created:
Subject Classification(s): Photography  
Accession Number: 1928-71
Primary Inscriptions: '1 Cyanotype | 2 Amphitype | both much faded very | old impressions | Dr Sir | When done with if | sent to care of Mr | Stewart 65 Cornhill | they will come safe | to hand' [in Herschel's hand].
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): Card
Dimensions:
Height Width Depth Diameter Unit
131 105 mm

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