Letter, from Alex Marshal to Mr [Thomas] Povey, dated at Castle Ashby
Reference number: EL/M1/39
Date: 30 November 1667
Description
Details of how he makes colours for painting which he says are 'as beautifull in oyle as in water'
Read to the Royal Society on 19 December 1667
- Reference number
- EL/M1/39
- Earliest possible date
- 30 November 1667
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
Alexander Marshal
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Alexander Marshal, Letter, from Alex Marshal to Mr [Thomas] Povey, dated at Castle Ashby, 30 November 1667, EL/M1/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_39/letter-from-alex-marshal-to-mr-thomas-povey-dated-at-castle-ashby, accessed on 17 May 2025
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Thomas Povey
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