Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Robert Hunt, from the Photographic Experiments of Sir John Herschel, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 85837 | ||||||||||
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Persons: |
Robert Hunt (Photographer) Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Owner) | ||||||||||
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Accession Number: | 1928-71 | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | Experimental photogenic drawing by Robert Hunt, undated but 1839. It is a direct-positive contact copy of an engraving, but there is no visible image except a spire top left (if oriented vertically). The yellow colour is typical of Hunt's process and results from his use of iodides. Given to Herschel by Hunt as a specimen of his experiments and of the direct-positive photogenic drawing process he invented and (briefly) marketed. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'washed with Ammon Mur - | Bleached by Bar. Hydriod' [in Robert Hunt'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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