Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, March 28, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 57396 | ||||||||||
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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, March 28, 1839, made as a fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. One of two similarly annotated (see 60874). An unsuccessful trial of potassium ferrocyanide as an alternative to hypo. Subject: engraving, barely discernible image, light border Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative Format: inscription vertical Polarity: positive Orientation: not apparent Quality: image barely discernible Colour: pale blue, cloudy, both sides Chemistry: silver based, fixed with potassium ferrocyanide Coating: none Inscription: chemical note, date, quality note Paper: xxx Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment using very dilute potassium ferrocyanide. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'FC Pot [1 over 100] Mar 28 a spoiled | one' [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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