Record

RefNoHS/10/113
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Robert Hunt to Sir John Herschel, dated at Falmouth
CreatorRobert Hunt
Date17 May 1844
DescriptionAutograph letter signed by sender. Sending some specimens of photographs by a new process that he thinks is unrivalled for simplicity and sensibility. Comments on his method. Has sent an account of another curious process to the P.M. His little boy will go to Christ's Hospital in July or September.
LanguageEnglish
Extent3pp
FormatManuscript
Place originFalmouth
Origin coordinates50.15, A5.07
AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Epsilon
URLhttps://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel10760
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3789Hunt; Robert (1807 - 1887); mineralogist1807 - 1887
NA8238Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer1792 - 1871
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