TALBOT6600

Museum Pract^l Geology
Jermyn S^t
S^t James’s
28 April 1852

Dear Sir,

You will have been made acquainted with the result of the meeting on Tuesday – which I was compelled to call – so very strong was the expression of feeling on the subject of the Society ¹ under the circumstances I believe we must abandon for the present any attempt to form a society – into which any considerations of your patent rights shall enter. Every one is quite disposed to give you all honour as the discoverer of the Calotype – but every one also says you are pushing your claims too far in claiming Iodised paper ² – any developing agent beyond Gallic Acid ³ – and there is a common feeling that the Collodion process ⁴ is entirely beyond any of your specifications – & I am given to understand there are parties now preparing to practice it for trade. To me it appears – if I may venture to say so much – you would consult your own interest by granting license at the smallest possible sum so as to render it useless for any party to infringe – or to place himself in any position of doubt.–

I am Dear Sir Yours very truly
Robert Hunt

Hy Fox Talbot Esq

(over)

Did you see the paragraph in the Athenaeum last week relative to the Calotype in a notice – not very friendly – of my “Photography” ⁵