Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, August 10, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 23449 | ||||||||||
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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, August 10, 1839, made as a fixing experiment during the series of experiments using hypo and water in which hypo fixing was perfected. Subject: engraving 36245, lady in oval Technique: contact copy Format: vertical Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: xxx Colour: pale sepia, grey and grey-green discoloration, parts of dark brown border Chemistry: silver based, presumably hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: number, date Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '550' and '550 Aug 10/39' [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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