Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, February 26, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 71410 | ||||||||||
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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, February 26, 1839, made as a hypo fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. One of five copies, all very pale, of an unusually dense engraving (25876, 42995, 68601, 99742). Subject: engraving 29622, girl with lion Technique: contact copy Format: vertical Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: very poor Colour: pale brown but mostly completely plain, pale sepia border Chemistry: silver based, hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: date, chemical note Paper: thin, larger than usual Condition: good Purpose: a hypo fixing experiment, and test of copying a particularly dense engraving. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'Feb 26/39 HS So' [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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