Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 56930 | ||||||||||
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Persons: |
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
Date Created: | 1839 | ||||||||||
Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, July 12, 1839, representing hypo fixing at its nearly perfected stage. One of 5 experimental photogenic drawings which Herschel has put aside in a packet (packet 18 in the Museum's numbering) inscribed 'Class. C | Spoiled and Bad | Photographs | To be merely preserved | as memoranda'. Subject: engraving 16938, landscape with shrine and ruins Technique: contact copy Format: horizontal Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: x Colour: pale sepia image, strong brown border Chemistry: silver based, hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: number, date Paper: xxx Condition: good Purpose: a hypo fixing experiment at the near perfected stage; the image seems too good for the title of the package. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '541. July 12' [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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