Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing, Retouched), by Sir John Herschel, 1839 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 29619 | ||||||||||
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| Persons: |
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
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| Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
| Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, date illegible but 1839, made xxas a hypo fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researchesxx. The image is represented by retouching and border only, the photographic image having completely disappeared. Heavy ink border on both sides, obscuring an inscription on back. Subject: engraving 60353, landscape with figure carrying pot on head Technique: contact copy Format: horizontal Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: photographic image completely disappeared Colour: image disappeared to colour of paper, ink brown and black Chemistry: silver based, probably hypo fixed Coating: ink retouching Inscription: obscured by heavy ink border Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: probably a fixing experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | Inscription on back obscured by inked border. | ||||||||||
| 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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