Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 72436 | ||||||||||
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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. Untidily and unevenly brushed with a brown chemical, leaving gaps of bare paper and brush marks. There being no image, this would suggest the paper was merely a chemical test; but there is faint evidence of a border, which invariably indicates a copy of an engraving. Subject: engraving, no image Technique: contact copy??? Format: not apparent Polarity: ??? Orientation: not apparent Quality: no visible image, border??? Colour: brown, with gaps of plain paper, shows through back Chemistry: silver based Coating: none Inscription: none Paper: thin, larger than usual Condition: good Purpose: not apparent. 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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