M0018845: Letter from Alessandro Volta to Joseph Banks, 2nd April 1800

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Letter from Volta to Joseph Banks, 1800

Photograph of a letter from Alessandro Volta to Joseph Banks, dated 2nd April 1800, saying that he has written a long letter on 20th March to Banks about his experiments in electricity. When the photograph was taken the original letter was held by the Royal Society. Related images: M0018846, M0018847

November 1961

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.