J.F.W. Herschel

Men of Mark, Old Age: Men, Photography, Portrait: Men

Dimensions

Image Dimensions: 17.7 x 14.1 cm: July: Plate XXVI

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A Wedding gift to treasure: Julia Margaret Cameron's portrait of John Herschel

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Photographische Rundschau : 1887-1943 -German photographic journal for amateurs

Taken in 1867 by Cameron, this photographic portrait depicts English astronomer and Photography pioneer John Frederick William Herschel.  A facsimile autograph of Herschel is reproduced along with the plate- centered within the foot of the plate border.

Please see: catalogue raisonné entry #674: Julia Margaret Cameron-The Complete Photographs: Julian Cox & Colin Ford: 2003