Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing), by Sir John Herschel, June 16, 1839 | |||||||||||
| Inventory Number: | 95542 | ||||||||||
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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, June 16, 1839, made as a fixing experiment, part of a series using potassium iodide and monitoring its bleaching effects and after-effects. Subject: engraving 60353, landscape with figure carrying pot on head Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative Format: horizontal Polarity: positive Orientation: correct Quality: barely visible except bottom left corner (compare 34724) Colour: pale yellow, outer border brown Chemistry: silver based, fixed with water, sodium chloride, and potassium iodide Coating: none Inscription: number, date, chemical and procedural note, extensive quality/inspection notes Paper: xxx Condition: good Purpose: a fixing and bleaching experiment, see above. For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives. | ||||||||||
| Primary Inscriptions: | '401. --[long dash] | Photog. June 16 | violently overfixed with | W, Brine, & Hydr. Pot | Whitened rapidly in [sun symbol] June 16 | June 17. All the faint parts gone | June 18. Only the strong hard shadows left | Sep 14 These shadows much diminished | The tall outstanding tree nearly gone.' [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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