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Document number: 5019
Date: 11 Jul 1844
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: MURRAY John
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Collection number historic: LA44-040
Last updated: 20th July 2009

Albemarle St

July 11

Dear Sir

Will you permit me to introduce to you Mr Hering <1> the bearer of this – the Artist who is so enraptured at the sight of the specimens of Talbottype <2> in my possession that he is most desirous to learn & practise the art –

Mr Hering has exhibited in the Royal Academy for some years past

I remain dear Sir
Your very faithful servant

J Murray

Hon C Fox Talbot [sic]

Notes:

1. George Edwards Hering (1805-1879), a landscape painter who first exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1836. It is not known if he took up photography. Was he possibly related to Henry Hering (1814-1893), a London bookbinder who did practice the Talbotype?

2. More usually spelled Talbotype, another term for the Calotype.

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