Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, June 18, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 59306 | ||||||||||
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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, June 18, 1839, made as a fixing and positive printing experiment. 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 61514, lady with head-dress Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative Format: vertical Polarity: positive Orientation: correct Quality: xxx, image shows through back slightly Colour: brown and yellow Chemistry: silver based, fixed with hydriodate (iodide, either sodium, ammonium, or potassium) Coating: none Inscription: number, date, chemical/procedural note Paper: watermarked Condition: good Purpose: both a positive printing experiment and a fixing experiment, trying hydriodate (an iodide, either sodium, ammonium, or potassium) as fixative. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '503' and '503. --[long dash] June 18 over Sunned | F. Water | then Hydriod' [hydriodate; 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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