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Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, July 12, 1839

Inventory Number: 77587
Object Type:
Persons: Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Photographer)
Date Created: 1839
Accession Number: 1928-71
Brief Description: Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, July 12, 1839, made as a fixing experiment, part of a series trying different procedures with water or hypo and water. Companion to 20263 and 29864.

Subject: engraving, no discernible image
Technique: contact copy
Format: inscription horizontal
Polarity: negative
Orientation: not apparent
Quality: no discernible image
Colour: greyish, streaks, dark brown border
Chemistry: silver based, fixed with water
Coating: none
Inscription: number, date, chemical note
Paper: thin
Condition: good
Purpose: a fixing experiment using water.

For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.
Primary Inscriptions: '542' and '542. July 12. Fixed W. July 14' [water; 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
Material(s): Paper
Dimensions:
Height Width Depth Diameter Unit
100 124 mm

Narratives

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