'Sir John Herschel'

'Sir John Herschel'

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An albumen cabinet card photographic portrait entitled 'Sir John Herschel', copied in about 1872 from an original large format albumen print taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in 1867. Sir John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871) was secretary of the Royal Society and President of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1995-5035/14
Materials:
cardboard and paper (fibre product)
type:
albumen print and cabinet card
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford