Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, February 26, 1839 | |||||||||||
| Inventory Number: | 22840 | ||||||||||
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| Persons: |
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
| Date Created: | 1839 | ||||||||||
| Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, February 26, 1839, made as a hypo fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. Subject: engraving, lady in framed mirror Technique: contact copy Format: vertical Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: xxx, image shows through back Colour: xxx Chemistry: presumably silver based, hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: date. chemical note; 'FWM' has not been explained Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: a hypo fixing experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | 'FWM Feb 26/39 HS. So' [the meaning of FWM is not known; 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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