Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks
Reference number: HS/16/12
Date: 2 March 1840
Description
Autograph letter signed by sender. John Frederick William Herschel concerned not so much that a few copies of the print of John Frederick William Herschel's portrait may have been sold, but that the plate itself may have been stolen and sold. Seems relieved to know that the plate was left with the printer, not the engraver. Asks Richard Sheepshanks to make an inquiry with the printer.
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- HS/16/12
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- 2 March 1840
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Letter, from Sir John Herschel to Richard Sheepshanks, 2 March 1840, HS/16/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_16_12/letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-richard-sheepshanks, accessed on 20 August 2026
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