Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing, Cyanotype), by Sir John Herschel, c.1842 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 25880 | ||||||||||
Object Type: | | ||||||||||
Persons: |
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
Date Created: | |||||||||||
Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing (cyanotype) by Sir John Herschel, undated, c.1842, made in the course of the experiments in which he invented the cyanotype. Narrow border. xxx Subject: engraving 28374, lady with guitar Technique: direct positive contact copy Format: vertical Polarity: positive Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: xxx, light highlights Colour: slightly greenish blue, highlights and border slightly yellowy-blue, plain back Chemistry: cyanotype Coating: none Inscription: number Paper: xxx Condition: good, small nick from edge (compare 58467) Purpose: a cyanotype experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '784'. | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
Dimensions: |
|
||||||||||
Narratives | |||||||||||
Permalink: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/object/inv/25880