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Collection	Victorian Additional Papers
Reference	VIC/ADD/A/10/85/290
Record Type	Correspondence
Title	Letter from William Lake Price to Dr. Ernst Becker reporting that his negatives have been damaged at sea and cannot be presented to the Prince Consort for inspection.
Date	30 June 1859
Writer	Price, William Lake; photographer
Addressee	Becker, Ernest, Dr.; Librarian to the Prince Consort
Description	Lake Price reports that his missing luggage has been forwarded to him from Marseilles, but exposure to weather and salt water has destroyed all his negatives by causing the film to blister off the glass. They included those intended for the Prince Consort, but he will not now be able to send them to HRH for his inspection.
Place Of Writing	London
Language	English
Extent	1 document (4 pages)
Physical Description	Loose manuscript paper; mounted
Access Conditions	Available in surrogate form only
Digitisation Notes	These papers are available online within 'Prince Albert: His Life and Legacy'
Level	Item

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