Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, February 25, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 23046 | ||||||||||
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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 25, 1839, made as a hypo fixing and positive printing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. Subject: engraving 60353, landscape with figure carrying pot on head Technique: contact copy (print) of a negative Format: horizontal Polarity: positive Orientation: correct Quality: x Colour: xxx Chemistry: silver based, hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: procedural and chemical note, date Paper: xxx Condition: good Purpose: a positive printing and hypo fixing experiment; 'transfer' was the term Herschel used for the initial contact copying of an engraving, producing a negative photogenic drawing, 're-transfer' or 're-reversal' (of the tones) being along with fixing the chief concern of the early phase of his experiments. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'Re-Transfd. Feb.25. Hyp Sod. imnersed[sic]' [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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