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Letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at Tunbridge Wells

Reference number: HS/5/152

Date: 15 November 1849

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Has shown his letter to John Taylor and quotes the latter's opinion of John Frederick William Herschel. Views on the poetry of Taylor.

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HS/5/152
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15 November 1849
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Julia Margaret Cameron

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Julia Margaret Cameron, Letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at Tunbridge Wells, 15 November 1849, HS/5/152, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_152/letter-from-julia-margaret-cameron-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-tunbridge-wells, accessed on 07 March 2026

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