Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, February 16, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 31296 | ||||||||||
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Persons: |
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
Date Created: | 1839 | ||||||||||
Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, February 16, 1839, made as a ??hypo fixing and positive printing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. One of 5 experimental photogenic drawings which Herschel has put aside in a packet (packet 18 in the Museum's numbering) inscribed 'Class. C | Spoiled and Bad | Photographs | To be merely preserved | as memoranda'. Subject: engraving, image barely discernible Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative Format: inscription horizontal Polarity: positive Orientation: not apparent Quality: image barely discernible Colour: xxx Chemistry: silver based, probably hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: signature, date Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: a positive printing experiment as well as presumably a fixing experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'J.F.W.H. Phot. Feb.16/39.' [in Herschel's hand]. | ||||||||||
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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