Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 65354 | ||||||||||
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
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Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, undated but 1839, made as a hypo fixing experiment and for use in positive printing experiments. Oiled for enhanced translucency. This is the negative used by Schultze to make a modern positive, reproduced in his 1965 article (figure 1, p.59). Subject: engraving 17583, desert landscape with camel Technique: contact copy Format: horizontal Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: good Colour: dark brown and amber, dark border Chemistry: silver based, hypo fixed Coating: oiled Inscription: none Paper: thin Condition: very fragile and brittle, cracks (especially at one corner) and one tear, surface abrasions Purpose: probably a hypo fixing experiment, but made chiefly as a negative for use in positive printing experiments. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
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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