Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, c.1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 30426 | ||||||||||
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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, undated, xxc.1839xx, made xxas a hypo fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researchesxx. Subject: engraving, lady with hair in bun Technique: contact copy Format: vertical Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: dark, but excellent detail and contrast, lady's hair brilliantly white Colour: very strong dark slightly purplish brown, different dark brown border, buff at bottom right corner of image, light yellowish along right edge, silver tarnishing at edges, plain back Chemistry: ?silver based, hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: number Paper: xxx Condition: good Purpose: probably a hypo fixing experiment???. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '630'. | ||||||||||
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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