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Letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at Freshwater, I.o.W.

Reference number: HS/5/162

Date: 28 January 1866

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sending some of her photographs. Has won medals for her efforts but would like John Frederick William Herschel's opinion so it can be quoted. Has been very busy with photographic work. Her son has gone to Ceylon and she

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HS/5/162
Earliest possible date
28 January 1866
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26 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 Freshwater, I.o.W., 28 January 1866, HS/5/162, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_162/letter-from-julia-margaret-cameron-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-freshwater-iow, accessed on 07 March 2026

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