Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, April 19, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 70474 | ||||||||||
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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, April 19, 1839, made as a hypo fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. This is one of two standard size items found among the larger photographs (packet 17), so may have strayed from a nearby packet. Subject: ?engraving, slight hints of image and border only Technique: ?contact copy (print) from a negative Format: inscription horizontal Polarity: ?positive (possible light border) Orientation: not apparent Quality: not discernible, slight fragments of image only Colour: pale sepia with greyish sepia areas, grainy brownish margin at right (showing sepia on back), fawn back with darker blotch Chemistry: silver based, hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: chemical note, date Paper: normal Condition: good Purpose: a hypo fixing experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'HS. Sod Apl 19/39' [hyposulphite of soda; 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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