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Unpublished letters, regarding Daguerreotype processes from J F [John Frederick] Goddard to various correspondents

Reference number: AP/24/21

Date: 2 March 1841 - 23 March 1864

Description

Goddard writes regarding the important discoveries he has made regarding the Daguerreotype and specifically with regard to the means of preparing the silver surface of the plates. Enclosed within this letter, dated 2 March 1864, are three additional letters from Goddard, dated 2 March 1841, 2 March 1864 and 24 March 1864 respectively. The letter dated 2 March 1841 contains two experimental portrait photographs.

Includes one page of diagrams showing a process for preparing the surface of the plates.

Subject: Photography / Photomechanical processes

Reference number
AP/24/21
Earliest possible date
2 March 1841 - 23 March 1864
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
16 pages
Format
Manuscript
Photograph

Creator name

John Frederick Goddard

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John Frederick Goddard, Unpublished letters, regarding Daguerreotype processes from J F [John Frederick] Goddard to various correspondents, 2 March 1841 - 23 March 1864, AP/24/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_24_21/unpublished-letters-regarding-daguerreotype-processes-from-j-f-john-frederick-goddard-to-various-correspondents, accessed on 07 June 2026

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