Engraving (Used for Copying) from the Photographic Experiments of Sir John Herschel, c.1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 49926 | ||||||||||
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Persons: |
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Owner) | ||||||||||
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Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Woodcut, squarish vertical, vignetted: historical scene of two boys in 17th-century dress, with dog right and a deer they have just killed left. It is a version of a joint portrait of Prince Henry (1594-1612), son of James I, and his companion John Harington (1592-1614) at a stag hunt. On thin paper. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | The image is captioned in contemporary MS: 'Prince Henry & Ld. Harington' [?not 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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