Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, June 19, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 65908 | ||||||||||
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Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer) | ||||||||||
Date Created: | 1839 | ||||||||||
Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, June 19, 1839, made as a fixing experiment, part of a series trying different procedures with water or hypo and water. Pump water is natural well water (as distinct from pure or distilled). Companion of 79457. Subject: engraving 61514, lady with head-dress Technique: contact print Format: vertical Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: xxx Colour: pale sepia, brown border Chemistry: slver based, fixed with water and probably hypo Coating: none Inscription: number, date, chemical and procedural notes Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment using water and probably hypo. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '504' and '504. June 19/39. Pr' and 'F. with Pump Water --[long dash] Then Hyp [...?] wash. Then | [...?] water 2.02 ? 2 times [...? 3 illegible words]' [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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