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Fifty-nine early prints from glass negative of 40 ft. telescope

Fifty-nine early prints from glass negative of 40 ft. telescope

1839

Photographic print of Herschel's Forty-Foot Telescope, 1890

Photographic print of Herschel's Forty-Foot Telescope, 1890

1890

Original negative photograph

Original negative photograph

1839

Spectroscope apparatus for Solar spectrum research

Spectroscope apparatus for Solar spectrum research

1839-1860

Herschel type actinometer, 1849-1851

Herschel type actinometer, 1849-1851

1849-1851

Herschel actinometer by Robinson & Barrow, 1842

Herschel actinometer by Robinson & Barrow, 1842

1842

Herschel actinometer, unsigned, numbered 11

Herschel actinometer, unsigned, numbered 11

Velvet cover for spectroscope apparatus for Solar spectrum research

Velvet cover for spectroscope apparatus for Solar spectrum research

1839-1860

This graphite pencil drawing of the Great Nebula in Orion was made by John Frederick William Herschel (1792-1871) while on a trip to South Africa in 1835. Herschel was able to draw the nebula with the aid of a 20 feet reflector telescope at 'Feldhausen' in the Cape of Good Hope. The drawing is probably one that is referred to in his diary entry for the date, Sunday 4 January 1835.

The Great Nebula in Orion as seen in the 20 feet Reflector at Feldhausen - Cape of Good Hope

Sunday 4 January 1835

Copybook (size 7 1/2" x 8 1/2") containting specimens of paper photographs made by Sir J. F.W. Herschel to acccompany his paper to the Royal Society. (Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. IV., pp. 131-3) M.F.H.Cat. No. 40.

Copybook containting specimens of paper photographs

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Julia Margaret Cameron, 25 September 1866. 2 sheets. The contents of the letter describes how wonderful Sir John Herschel feels Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs are, and refers to individual prints such as 'The Mountain Nymph, Sweet Liberty'. He also refers to Mr Cameron's health and his grandchildren.

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Julia Margaret Cameron, 1866

1866-09-25

Facsimile photograph of a pencil drawing by Sir John F.W. Herschel, Bart., K.H., June 28, 1824. Sketched by means of a Wollaston's camera Lucida. Temple of Juno, Girgenti, Sicily. Sketch no.393. In glazed frame 9 1/4"x7 3/4" outside

Photograph of a pencil drawing made using a camera lucida

1824

Experiments in various subjects viz optical, chemical and nonsensical and queer things miscellaneously arranged for the benefit of posterity [4 ms. vols.] / J.F.W. Herschel. [The notebooks record Herschel's optical, chemical and photographic experiments in chronological order from experiment number 17, 1813 Jul, to experiment number 1,820 of 1870 May. With a list of chemical expenses 1814-1816 (7 leaves)]

Experiments in various subjects viz optical

1813-1870

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Fox Talbot, dated June 24th 1839, describing discovery of ultra-violet sensitiveness of photographic material.

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Fox Talbot

1839-06-24

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Fox Talbot, dated February 28th 1839, containing first reference to word 'photographed'.

Letter From Sir John Herschel to Fox Talbot

1839-02-28

Salt print from a photogram (photogenic drawing?) of 'Feathers', by Sir John Herschel (1792-1871)

Feathers

before 1871

2 Herschel type actinometers, by Henry Barrow, London and 1848 and Thomas Charles Robinson, London, 1840

2 Herschel type actinometers

1848; 1840

Bromide print of an original pencil drawing of the Orion Nebula by Sir John F.W. Hershel, as seen in the 20ft reflector at Feldhansen Cape of Good Hope.

Bromide print of an original pencil drawing of the Orion Nebula by Sir John F.W. Hershel

1920

Prismatic apparatus for photographic researches on the solar spectrum. Consists of 2 glass prisms in mount, large objective glass lens and long, hooped framework and vertical bracket for paper scale. Used by John Herschel in his investigations of the solar spectrum's affects on photosensitive material using a waterfilled prim (See note)

Spectroscope apparatus for Solar spectrum research

1839-1860

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Julia Margaret Cameron, 25 September 1866. 2 sheets. The contents of the letter describes how wonderful Sir John Herschel feels Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs are, and refers to individual prints such as 'The Mountain Nymph, Sweet Liberty'. He also refers to Mr Cameron's health and his grandchildren.

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Julia Margaret Cameron, 1866

1866-09-25

[Letter, 18--, to an unnamed correspondent]/J.F.W. Herschel. [Informs that Messrs. Pellatt and Green will 'fill the pots' on Monday and asks if he will attend]

Letter, 18--, to an unnamed correspondent

Two bromide print of an original pencil drawing of the Orion Nebula by Sir John F.W. Hershel, as seen in the 20ft reflector at Feldhansen Cape of Good Hope

Two bromide print of an original pencil drawing of the Orion Nebula by Sir John F.W. Hershel

1920

Bromide print of an original pencil drawing of the Orion Nebula by Sir John F.W. Hershel, as seen in the 20ft reflector at Feldhansen Cape of Good Hope.

Bromide print of an original pencil drawing of the Orion Nebula by Sir John F.W. Hershel

1920

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Julia Margaret Cameron, 25 September 1866. 2 sheets. The contents of the letter describes how wonderful Sir John Herschel feels Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs are, and refers to individual prints such as 'The Mountain Nymph, Sweet Liberty'. He also refers to Mr Cameron's health and his grandchildren.

Letter from Sir John Herschel to Julia Margaret Cameron, 1866

1866-09-25

Three paper photographs by Sir J.F.W.Herschel, dated February 17th, 18 39. M.F.H. Cat, No. 43.

Three paper photographs by Sir J.F.W.Herschel

1839

[Ms. note] 1847 Sept 30, Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent [to] H.E. Baron de Huegel / J.F.W. Herschel. [2p. on 1 leaf. Unsigned but in Herschel's hand. On behalf of the Duke of Northumberland and himself, he writes to see if the Baron will act as a means of transmitting a presentation copy of his (Herschel's) 'Results of Astronomical Observations ... [1834-8] ... Cape of Good Hope' 1847, to the University of Tubingen. Removed from SML copy of the same book, 8/00]

Ms. note 1847 Sept 30

1847

[Letter] 1851 Sept 11, Harley St [to] Sir David [Brewster] / J. F.W. Herschel. [4p. on 1 leaf, holograph signed. Asks Brewster to provide a note (for publication) explaining "in what respect Ross and Thomson's novelty of process consists". Herschel does not understand Brewster's previous comment on this process, which produces positives using albumen and glass; refers also to Ross and Thomson's calotypes]

Letter 1851 Sept 11

1851

Eighteen paper photographs by Sir J.F.W. Herschel, 1839-1841. M.F.H. Cat. No. 28.

Eighteen paper photographs by Sir J.F.W. Herschel

1839-1841

[Letter] 1862 May 27, Collingwood [to] Dr. Cranwick/J.F.W. Herschel. [Answers an enquiry from Cranwick concerning his (Herschel's) published argument against "the idea of an eternal self-existent matter" stressing that the core of the argument is against the "independent self-existence" rather than the eternity of matter. Amplifies this theme by extended discussion of atomic theory.]

Letter 1862 May 27

1862