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Autograph letter signed by sender. Hopes his children have recovered their health. Comments on her recent photographic work. Wishes she could photograph John Frederick William Herschel.

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HS/5/158
Earliest possible date
20 March 1864
Page extent
16 pages
Format
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 Freshwater, I.o.W., 20 March 1864, HS/5/158, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_158/letter-from-julia-margaret-cameron-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-freshwater-iow, accessed on 07 March 2026

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