- 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
- '697' and '697 Apl 24/42' [in Herschel's hand]. Also on front: '696.3'.
- Physical material
- Paper
- Dimensions
- Height: 110mm Width: 90mm
- Inventory No
- 28533
- Accession Number
- 1928-71
Description
Experimental photogenic drawing (cyanotype) by Sir John Herschel, April 24, 1842, made in the course of the experiments in which he invented the cyanotype.
Subject: engraving, two ladies
Technique: contact copy
Format: vertical
Polarity: negative
Orientation: laterally reversed
Quality: mostly faint, uneven intensity, faded to very pale green at right and top right
Colour: pale blue, darker border, pale green in faded parts
Chemistry: cyanotype
Coating: none
Inscription: numbers, date
Paper: normal
Condition: good
Purpose: a cyanotype experiment.
For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.
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