- Subject
- Photography
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- John Herschel
- 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).
- Primary inscriptions
- '793' twice.
- Physical material
- Paper
- Dimensions
- Height: 124mm Width: 99mm
- Inventory No
- 27333
- Accession Number
- 1928-71
Description
Experimental photogenic drawing (cyanotype) by Sir John Herschel, undated, c.1842, made in the course of the experiments in which he invented the cyanotype.
Subject: engraving, lady with harp
Technique: contact copy
Format: vertical
Polarity: negative
Orientation: laterally reversed (harp left???
Quality: clean highlights, good detail except in too dark parts
Colour: strong blue with very dark darks and clean white highlights, same dark border
Chemistry: cyanotype
Coating: none
Inscription: number
Paper: thin
Condition: good
Purpose: a cyanotype experiment.
For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.
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