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

Reference number: HS/5/166

Date: 20 April 1867

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Autographed letter, incomplete. Has only just received his letter. Feared for the safety of her parcel. Wishes he would write a poem on photography. John Taylor and the Camerons think that John Frederick William Herschel's poetry is beautiful. Writes in h

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HS/5/166
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20 April 1867
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8 pages
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Manuscript
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Julia Margaret Cameron

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Julia Margaret Cameron, Incomplete letter, from Julia Margaret Cameron to Sir John Herschel, dated at Freshwater, I.o.W., 20 April 1867, HS/5/166, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_5_166/incomplete-letter-from-julia-margaret-cameron-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-freshwater-iow, accessed on 07 March 2026

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