Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, April 19, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 88897 | ||||||||||
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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 as a fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches. Parts of the sepia image have the appearance of retouching but they are not, though there is some in the border. Subject: engraving, two boats or yachts Technique: contact copy Format: horizontal Polarity: negative Orientation: laterally reversed Quality: barely discernible Colour: pale sepia, pinkish-brown border Chemistry: silver based, probably hypo fixed Coating: some retouching and blobs in border Inscription: date Paper: thin Condition: good Purpose: a fixing experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | 'April 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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