Wrapper from the Photographic Experiments of Sir John Herschel, c.1840 | |
| Inventory Number: | 25190 |
| Object Type: | |
| Persons: | Sir John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date Created: | |
| Accession Number: | 1928-71 |
| Brief Description: | Loosely folded plain paper, with a purple stain and black stains at the creases. The wrapper (packet 28 in the Museum's numbering) contains 16 items: 6 experimental photographs, 9 unused (black) prepared papers, and a printed instruction leaflet, given to Herschel by Robert Hunt in 1839. |
| Primary Inscriptions: | 'Hunts Positive | Photogc paper | & drawings' [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 |
| Material(s): |
Paper |
Narratives | |
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