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... obtain permission to see the pictures at Apsley House ; and bearing in mind the Duke's visit to Pall Mall , I ventured to believe that this might be accom- plished . So I wrote to the Duke , and in reply re- ceived one of his ...
... obtain permission to see the pictures at Apsley House ; and bearing in mind the Duke's visit to Pall Mall , I ventured to believe that this might be accom- plished . So I wrote to the Duke , and in reply re- ceived one of his ...
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... obtained from the only dealer in them at the time - Charles Button , of Holborn Bars - dated September 21st , 1845. Iodide of potassium was then 3s . per ounce ; gallic acid 8s . per ounce ; and hyposul- phite of soda 7s . per pound ...
... obtained from the only dealer in them at the time - Charles Button , of Holborn Bars - dated September 21st , 1845. Iodide of potassium was then 3s . per ounce ; gallic acid 8s . per ounce ; and hyposul- phite of soda 7s . per pound ...
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... obtained a capital result , for it was the most characteristic portrait that had ever been done of him . Yes , I was delighted with my little negative , though it was only 6 by 4 inches in size . But with what giant's strides ...
... obtained a capital result , for it was the most characteristic portrait that had ever been done of him . Yes , I was delighted with my little negative , though it was only 6 by 4 inches in size . But with what giant's strides ...
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... obtained many negatives . From Sudbury we also journeyed to parts of Derbyshire , and it was then I made my first ... obtain a negative of the east window of the church , which her Majesty and the Prince Consort had placed there in ...
... obtained many negatives . From Sudbury we also journeyed to parts of Derbyshire , and it was then I made my first ... obtain a negative of the east window of the church , which her Majesty and the Prince Consort had placed there in ...
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... obtained in 1862 - one at Cookham , the other at Roehampton : the former the horse - chestnut tree at the angle of the backwater ; the latter the porch of a cottage at Roehampton Vale . I mention these two subjects because they realised ...
... obtained in 1862 - one at Cookham , the other at Roehampton : the former the horse - chestnut tree at the angle of the backwater ; the latter the porch of a cottage at Roehampton Vale . I mention these two subjects because they realised ...
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