Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, August 5, 1839 | |||||||||||
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| Inventory Number: | 32610 | ||||||||||
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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, August 5, 1839, made as a fixing experiment, part of a series trying different procedures with water or hypo and water. This led to the perfection of hypo fixing of silver-based images, as represented by this very clean brown image with excellent contrast and detail. Subject: engraving 60353, landscape with figure carrying pot on head Technique: contact copy Format: horizontal Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: excellent Colour: brown, dark border Chemistry: silver based, hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: number, date, chemical note Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment using hypo and water and representing hypo fixing perfected. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | '546' and '546. Aug 5/39. F.F. W. Strong HS. So' [?fully fixed, water, hyposulphite of soda; 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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