Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, July 16, 1839 | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 89020 | ||||||||||
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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, July 16, 1839. A not very successful positive printing experiment, annotated with a procedural rather than the more usual chemical note. The note presumably means the positive was made from a negative on thick paper that had been varnished on one side. Subject: engraving 33179, group in bed chamber including man with stick Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative Format: horizontal Polarity: positive Orientation: correct Quality: barely discernible Colour: pale fawn to greyish, also on back Chemistry: silver based, probably hypo fixed Coating: none Inscription: number, date, procedural note Paper: normal Condition: good Purpose: a positive printing experiment. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | '540 --[long dash] July 16 --[long dash] from thick paper. [?]Single. ½ Vard.' [probably varnished; 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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