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Letter, from Henry William Pickersgill to Sir John Herschel, dated at 18 Soho Square

Reference number: HS/14/161

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Letter. Discusses the copying of HP's portrait of John Frederick William Herschel [to be distributed with Cape Results].

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HS/14/161
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry William Pickersgill

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Henry William Pickersgill, Letter, from Henry William Pickersgill to Sir John Herschel, dated at 18 Soho Square, HS/14/161, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_161/letter-from-henry-william-pickersgill-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-18-soho-square, accessed on 16 July 2026

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    This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

    Dates: 1807 - 1875

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