- 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
- 'April 19/39 (an old photog). fixed with distilled water' [in Herschel's hand].
- Physical material
- Paper
- Inventory No
- 45077
- Accession Number
- 1928-71
Description
Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, April 19, 1839, made as a fixing and positive printing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches.
Subject: engraving ???60353, ?landscape with figure carrying pot on head
Technique: contact copy (print) from a negative
Format: horizontal
Polarity: positive
Orientation: xxx
Quality: very faint
Colour: xxx
Chemistry: silver based, fixed with distilled water
Coating: none
Inscription: date, chemical note
Paper: thin
Condition: good
Purpose: a fixing experiment using water, and a positive printing experiment.
For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.
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