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Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, c.1839

Inventory Number: 47737
Object Type:
Persons: Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer)
Date Created:
Accession Number: 1928-71
Brief Description: Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, xxFebruary xx, 1839xx, made xxas a hypo fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researchesxx.

Subject: engraving xxx
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Paper: xxx
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For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.
Primary Inscriptions:
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:
Height Width Depth Diameter Unit
111 88 mm

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