Accession No

5867

Brief Description

a newspaper cutting with a portrait of Sir John Herschel depicted on one side and print on the other side

Origin

Maker

Class

ephemera

Earliest Date

1871

Latest Date

1871

Inscription Date

Material

paper

Dimensions

width 210mm; height 237mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased by an individual at the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge on behalf of the museum, on or before 13/05/2002.

Inscription

underneath portrait is printed;
“THE LATE SIR JOHN HERSCHEL, NATURAL PHILOSOPHER”
in pencil the date is written as 1871

Description Notes

A newspaper cutting/clipping with a portrait of Sir John Herschel depicted on one side and print on the other side. Included in the newspaper in the obituaries as refers to the “late” Sir John Herschel.

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