- 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).
- Physical material
- Paper
- Dimensions
- Height: 119mm Width: 94mm
- Inventory No
- 97756
- 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 59552, lady with turban
Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative???
Format: vertical
Polarity: positive
Orientation: looks to right???
Quality: xxx, uneven intensity
Colour: pale blue, dark darks and pale blue highlights and border, brown stains (?ink) on back
Chemistry: cyanotype
Coating: none
Inscription: none
Paper: normal
Condition: good
Purpose: a cyanotype experiment.
For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.
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