Wrapper from the Photographic Experiments of Sir John Herschel, c.1840 | |
| Inventory Number: | 63477 |
| Object Type: | |
| Persons: | Sir John Frederick William Herschel |
| Date Created: | |
| Accession Number: | 1928-71 |
| Brief Description: | Large sheet of plain paper loosely folded; watermarked 1818 and with a small brown stain. The wrapper (packet 23 in the Museum's numbering) contains 5 experimental photographs dating from June 1839. The additional inscription '401' is not in Herschel's hand, though it is the chemical batch number on three of the experiments. |
| Primary Inscriptions: | 'bleaching effects of | Hydriodate 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 |
| Material(s): |
Paper |
Narratives | |
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