Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing, Cyanotype), by Sir John Herschel, c.1842 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 28304 | ||||||||||
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
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Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing (cyanotype) by Sir John Herschel, undated, c.1842. The positive cyanotypes that are not direct positives were probably made from a conventional silver-based, hypo-fixed negative (such as 23691). Subject: engraving 28374, lady with guitar Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative Format: vertical Polarity: positive Orientation: correct Quality: good, brighter than 58467 but still no clean highlights Colour: dark blue (purer blue and the highlights lighter than the companion 58467), plain border and back Chemistry: cyanotype Coating: none Inscription: number Paper: thick Condition: good Purpose: a cyanotype positive printing 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 | ||||||||||
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