Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, June 16, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 34724 | ||||||||||
Object Type: | | ||||||||||
Persons: |
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
Date Created: | 1839 | ||||||||||
Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, June 16, 1839, made as a fixing experiment, part of a series using potassium iodide and monitoring its bleaching effects and after-effects. The reason for the two inscriptions in unclear. Subject: engraving 60353, landscape with figure carrying pot on head Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative Format: horizontal Polarity: positive Orientation: correct Quality: very faint except bottom left corner (compare 95542) Colour: pale yellow and brownish Chemistry: silver nitrate, fixed with water, sodium chloride, and potassium iodide Coating: none Inscription: numbers, date, chemical note, inspection/quality note Paper: xxx Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment, see above. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '1038 + NS. --[long dash] June 16. Fixed by W. - S. - & weak Hydriod P' and '401. | June 16 | F[...?] fixed by | Water, Brine, Hydro Pot. | Whitens[?] in strong Sun' [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 | ||||||||||
Material(s): |
Paper | ||||||||||
Dimensions: |
|
||||||||||
Narratives | |||||||||||
Permalink: http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/object/inv/34724