Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, February 16, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 76689 | ||||||||||
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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 16, 1839, made as a fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. It shows a very unusual colouring, the light areas a pale green and the darks greenish brown; but the chemistry is not noted. Compare 46392 of the same date. Subject: engraving, landscape with barge and bridge Technique: contact copy Format: horizontal Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: clear but rather dark, unusual colour Colour: unusual pale green and greenish brown, brown border, green back Chemistry: presumably silver based, rest not known Coating: none Inscription: signature, date Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: probably a fixing experiment with some unusual agent. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'JFWH. Photogr. Feb. 16. 1839' [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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