Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, c.1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 41033 | ||||||||||
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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. Three sides trimmed slightly unevenly, border trimmed away top and right. Subject: engraving, knights on horseback in a tournament Technique: contact copy Format: horizontal Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: good detail, pale or faded at right Colour: reddish brown, pale sepia at right Chemistry: silver based, presumably hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: none Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: presumably a hypo fixing experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
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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