Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, February 17, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 18477 | ||||||||||
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
Date Created: | 1839 | ||||||||||
Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, February 17, 1839, made as a fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. The yellow colour may indicate the use of potassium ferrocyanide as fixer. Herschel has revisited it after two months and added a note that the image was 'totally oblit[erate]d'. Subject: no visible image Technique: not apparent Format: inscription horizontal Polarity: not apparent Orientation: not apparent Quality: no visible image Colour: pale primrose yellow both sides Chemistry: silver based, probably fixed with potassium ferrocyanide or an iodide Coating: none Inscription: signature, date, inspection note Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment, using an alternative to hypo, probably potassium ferrocyanide. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'J.F.W.H. Phot. Feb. 17/39 April 11 totally oblitd.' [in Herschel's hand]. | ||||||||||
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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