Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 33560 | ||||||||||
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
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Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, undated but 1839, made as a fixing and positive printing experiment. The double border, inner light and outer dark, is typical of positives make on slightly larger paper than the negative. Subject: engraving 60353, landscape with figure carrying pot on head Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative Format: horizontal Polarity: positive Orientation: correct Quality: xxx Colour: lilac, pale lilac back Chemistry: silver based Coating: none Inscription: number Paper: xxx Condition: good Purpose: a fixing and positive printing experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '551'. | ||||||||||
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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