Sir John Frederick William Herschel, April 1867, albumen print on original mount, signed, dated and annotated 'From life taken at his own residence Collingwood' and identified by her in a larger hand beneath, 'Sir J.F.W. Herschel (Bart)', gilt-ruled border, image 303 x 242mm, mount 359 x 298mm An excellent print of one of Julia Margaret Cameron's most iconic portraits. Sir John Herschel son of the astronomer Sir William Herschel, was a polymath who took a very active interest in photography from its earliest days. A friend of Fox Talbot, and an early correspondent of Mrs Cameron, he invented the photographic use of sensitised paper (1839), introduced hyposulphate of soda (hypo) as a fixing agent, and coined the terms 'photograph', 'negative', 'positive' and 'snapshot'. This portrait of him was one of a series of four taken at his home Collingwood at Hawkhurst, Kent. Provenance: From the family of Sir John Herschel by direct descent through his daughter Amelia and her husband Sir Thomas Wade See also preceding lot. Cox & Ford, Julia Margaret Cameron The Complete Photographs (2003), no. 674. (1)
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, April 1867, albumen print on original mount, signed, dated and annotated 'From life taken at his own residence Collingwood' and identified by her in a larger hand beneath, 'Sir J.F.W. Herschel (Bart)', gilt-ruled border, image 303 x 242mm, mount 359 x 298mm An excellent print of one of Julia Margaret Cameron's most iconic portraits. Sir John Herschel son of the astronomer Sir William Herschel, was a polymath who took a very active interest in photography from its earliest days. A friend of Fox Talbot, and an early correspondent of Mrs Cameron, he invented the photographic use of sensitised paper (1839), introduced hyposulphate of soda (hypo) as a fixing agent, and coined the terms 'photograph', 'negative', 'positive' and 'snapshot'. This portrait of him was one of a series of four taken at his home Collingwood at Hawkhurst, Kent. Provenance: From the family of Sir John Herschel by direct descent through his daughter Amelia and her husband Sir Thomas Wade See also preceding lot. Cox & Ford, Julia Margaret Cameron The Complete Photographs (2003), no. 674. (1)
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