Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 25876 | ||||||||||
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
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Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, undated but 1839, made as a fixing experiment. One of five copies, all very pale, of an unusually dense engraving (42995, 68601, 71410, 99742). Subject: engraving 29622, girl with lion Technique: contact print Format: vertical Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: very faint, blotchy Colour: pale purple and sepia, brown border Chemistry: silver based, probably fixed with water or hypo Coating: none Inscription: none Paper: thin, larger than usual Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment, and test of copying a particularly dense engraving. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
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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