Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 46875 | ||||||||||
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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 experiment. Subject: engraving, image barely discernible Technique: contact copy Format: inscription horizontal Polarity: negative Orientation: not apparent Quality: barely discernible, darker border Colour: pale fawn, brownish border, also some blue and yellow Chemistry: silver based, fixed with water and potassium ferrocyanide Coating: none Inscription: chemical and procedural note Paper: xxx Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment using potassium ferrocyanide. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '1st water then very weak FCP to whiten' [ferrocyanate of potash; 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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