Wrapper from the Photographic Experiments of Sir John Herschel, 1842/43 |
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| Inventory Number: | 30634
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| Object Type: |
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| Persons: |
Sir John Frederick William Herschel |
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| Accession Number: | 1928-71
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| Brief Description: | Sheet of paper off-white (natural) colour one side and black other (looks dark blue where it overlaps the edges), loosely folded with dark side inwards, brownish stains on front. A second, smaller wrapper (11886) of the same paper is contained within. The wrappers (packet 33 in the Museum's numbering) contain 3 experimental photographs dated December 1842 and a manuscript note by Herschel.
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| Primary Inscriptions: | 'Mercurial | Photographs.' [in Herschel's hand].
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| 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).
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| Collection Group: |
Herschel's Photographic Experiments |
| Material(s): |
Paper
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| Dimensions: |
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121 |
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Narratives |
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