Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing, Chrysotype), by Sir John Herschel, c.1842 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 17722 | ||||||||||
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
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Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing (chrysotype) by Sir John Herschel, undated, c.1842. Subject: engraving, lady outdoors holding book on her knee Technique: contact copy Format: vertical Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: too dark at centre but excellent detail elsewhere Colour: purple, very dark purple border, plain back with mark from adjacent paper Chemistry: iron based, developed with gold chloride Coating: none Inscription: number Paper: thin??? Condition: good Purpose: an experimental chrysotype. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '724'. | ||||||||||
Provenance: | Presented by Miss Herschel and Lady Lubbock in 1928. They were the two surviving and youngest children of Sir John Herschel (Francisca and Constance). | ||||||||||
Collection Group: | Herschel's Photographic Experiments | ||||||||||
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