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GB-110/JES/COR/25/64
Title
James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
1 Sep 1813
Author(s)
James Sowerby 1757-1822
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/25/64 from James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (1 September 1813)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/25/64 from James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (1 September 1813) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Sowerby, James
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Sends numbers as usual and encloses £15 note. Also sends a little bit of ulmin on elm bark, finds similar substance on oak, hornbeam, and horse chestnut and asks Smith's botanical friends to look out for it; has recommended it to the Society of Arts as excellent for finishing in water colours, in same way that Sir Joshua Reynolds [(1723-1792), painter] used 'Asphaltum' in oil.
Requests Smith to revise enclosed 4 numbers of "English botany" and number enclosed in last.
Letter date:
1 Sep 1813
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
25.144
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
