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Letter, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Sir John Herschel, dated at 44 Queen Anne St.

Reference number: HS/17/279

Date: 29 January 1839

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has received urgent request from Athenaeum to allow them to publish paper on 'Photogenic Drawing' before it is read to Royal Society [of London] in light of announcement of the 'Parisian invention.'

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HS/17/279
Earliest possible date
29 January 1839
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Henry Fox Talbot

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William Henry Fox Talbot, Letter, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Sir John Herschel, dated at 44 Queen Anne St., 29 January 1839, HS/17/279, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_17_279/letter-from-william-henry-fox-talbot-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-44-queen-anne-st, accessed on 24 March 2025

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