- 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
- 'Fixed Apl 19/39' [in Herschel's hand].
- Physical material
- Paper
- Dimensions
- Height: 85mm Width: 124mm
- Inventory No
- 78798
- Accession Number
- 1928-71
Description
Experimental photogenic drawing by Sir John Herschel, April 19, 1839, made xxas a fixing experiment during the earliest phase of his photographic researches.
Subject: engraving, image not discernible, border
Technique: contact copy
Format: inscription horizontal
Polarity: negative
Orientation: not apparent
Quality: not discernible
Colour: grainy sepia discoloration all over, purply brown border
Chemistry: silver based, probably hypo fixed
Coating: none
Inscription: date
Paper: thin
Condition: good
Purpose: a fixing experiment.
For fuller descriptive and historical commentary see narratives.
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