Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing, Cyanotype), by Sir John Herschel, c.1842 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 29196 | ||||||||||
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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. Narrow border. The positive cyanotypes that are not direct positives were probably made from a conventional silver-based, hypo-fixed negative (such as 23691). This was one of the Herschel experimental photographs extracted from the collection for display in the Museum (hence R. T. Gunther's inscription; the other one displayed was the oak leaf 60339). Compare 58467 (a companion and also displayed, but with very strong colour), and 87789 (similarly pale but has not been displayed). Subject: engraving 28374, lady with guitar Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative Format: vertical Polarity: positive Orientation: correct Quality: faint Colour: very pale greenish blue, nearly clean highlights and border, small brown stain Chemistry: cyanotype Coating: none Inscription: none Paper: normal, thinnish Condition: good, faded (see above) Purpose: a cyanotype positive printing experiment. 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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