Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, March 4, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 74474 | ||||||||||
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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, March 4, 1839, made as a hypo fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. It is one of several experimental photographs which Herschel has annotated with a record of the weather and visibility conditions (an east wind at Slough carried London smog), and perhaps these conditions formed part of its experimental purpose (see 22719 and 83686, made on the same day). Subject: engraving, landscape with shrine Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative Format: horizontal Polarity: positive Orientation: correct Quality: x Colour: Chemistry: silver based, hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: date, weather and chemical notes Paper: xxx Condition: good Purpose: a hypo fixing experiment; perhaps (in view of the inscription) also an exposure experiment prompted by the poor visibility conditions. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'March 4 (East Wind & Smoke) | Sun greatly dulled | [?]Thawing | H.S. - [one over five] yet too strong' [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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