Manuscript Note from the Photographic Experiments of Sir John Herschel, 1842 | |
| Inventory Number: | 65918 |
| Object Type: | Object |
| Persons: |
Sir John Frederick William Herschel (Writer) |
| Date Created: | 1842 |
| Subject Classification(s): | Photography |
| Accession Number: | 1928-71 |
| Primary Inscriptions: | The note reads: 'Mercurial Photographs containing no Silver or Gold; | The Black Specimen is prepared by the process described in Art.229 of Sir J. Herschel's paper on Photography Phil. Trans. 1842, Part 2; | The Brown Specimens by processes not hitherto described' [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 |
| Material(s): |
Paper |
Narratives | |
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