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Photograph (Experimental Photogenic Drawing) of Houses, by Robert Hunt, from the Photographic Experiments of Sir John Herschel, 1839

Inventory Number: 34450
Object Type: Object
Persons: Robert Hunt (Photographer)
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Owner)
Date Created:
Subject Classification(s): Photography  
Accession Number: 1928-71
Primary Inscriptions: Inscribed on back of mount: "Both Camera Views | washed with Ammon: Mur: | bleeched by Baryt: Hydriodat" [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
Material(s): Paper
Dimensions:
Height Width Depth Diameter Unit
77 91 mm

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