RefNo | HS/14/73 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from James Prinsep to Sir John Herschel, dated at Calcutta |
Creator | James Prinsep |
Date | 7 October 1837 |
Description | Autograph letter signed by sender. Calcutta Museum will trade an elephant skeleton to the Cape Museum for a hippopotamus, rhinoceros, or tiger. Work on ancient Indian inscriptions and at the mint leaves James Prinsep little time for meteorological work. Miss Pattle draws Cape scenes and sends them to James Prinsep. |
Language | English |
Extent | 3pp |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | Calcutta, [Kolkata], India |
Origin coordinates | 22.5675, 88.37 |
AccessStatus | Open |
URLDescription | Also available on Epsilon |
URL | https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/herschel/letters/Herschel4201
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA6665 | Prinsep; James (1799 - 1840) | 1799 - 1840 |
NA8238 | Herschel; Sir; John Frederick William (1792 - 1871); astronomer | 1792 - 1871 |