Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, April 19, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 78798 | ||||||||||
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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, April 19, 1839, made xxas a fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. Subject: engraving, image not discernible, border Technique: contact copy Format: inscription horizontal Polarity: negative Orientation: not apparent Quality: not discernible Colour: grainy sepia discoloration all over, purply brown border Chemistry: silver based, probably hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: date Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'Fixed Apl 19/39' [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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