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Reference numberNLB/39/14
Alternative reference numberNLB/39 p9
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Major P [Percy Alexander] MacMahon, Fellow of the Royal Society
Date13 November 1908
DescriptionHarrison finds that in the Royal Society collection there is a good many portraits of men of science, especially botanists, probably cut out of an illustrated book of R J Thorton's, 1799, from which Major Barnes' portraits also are not unlikely to be derived. If Major Barnes would be good enough to send Harrison a list of the portraits he has it could be compared with the Royal Society portfolio, and perhaps Harrison could make him an offer for any they do not posses.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6982MacMahon; Percy Alexander (1854 - 1929); mathematician1854 - 1929
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