Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, February 19, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 31428 | ||||||||||
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
Date Created: | 1839 | ||||||||||
Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, February 19, 1839, made as a fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. An unsuccessful trial of potassium iodide as an alternative to hypo. Herschel has inspected it after two months and noted the 'total oblit[eratio]n' of the image (compare 33623). Subject: no image Technique: not apparent Format: inscription vertical Polarity: not apparent Orientation: not apparent Quality: no visible image Colour: pale primrose yellow Chemistry: silver based, fixed with potassium iodide Coating: none Inscription: inspection note, signature, fate, chemical note Paper: xxx, larger than usual Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment using potassium iodide. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'April 11. total oblitn- | J.F.W H. Photogr. Feb. 19. Hydriod Pot' [hydriodate of potash; in Herschel's hand]. Also 'F' on front. | ||||||||||
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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