Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, August 3, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 80888 | ||||||||||
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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, August 3, 1839, made as a hypo fixing experiment during the series of experiments using hypo and water in which hypo fixing was perfected. Subject: engraving xxx, landscape with lake and town Technique: contact copy Format: horizontal Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: xxx Colour: pale sepia, brown sky, dark brown border Chemistry: silver based, hypo fixed Coating: retouching back and front, in brown ink to sky, sun, and horizon, and in black ink to part of border Inscription: number, date, chemical note Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment using hypo and water. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '548 Aug 3/39. W. Then HS So FF' [water, hyposulphite of soda, ?fully fixed; 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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