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John Pye letter to Louis Daguerre

In the never-ending search for interesting historical letters to bring to Arts in Letters subscribers, the best letters lead to interesting stories. In this week’s story, engraver John Pye, hoping to expand into photography is frustrated by restrictions involving the patent for Louis Daguerre’s photographic process.

Why is Pye being frustrated? Arts in Letters subscribers will find out next week!