Artist: Sir John Herschel (1792 - 1871)
Nationality: British
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Media: Photography,Drawing
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Biography:
Son of astronomer and scientist, Sir William Herschel, Sir John Herschel followed in his father’s footsteps and entered the University of Cambridge in 1809. He was a talented chemist who discovered the action of hyposulfite of soda on silver salts in 1819, which was eventually used as a fixing agent in photography. Herschel also developed the photographic process in 1839, separately from its credited inventor, William Henry Fox Talbot. He became a founding member of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1820. He spent the 1830’s investigating astronomy on the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. He was appointed master of the Mint in 1850, but had to resign six years later due to failing health.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Julia Margaret Cameron - Sir John Herschel 1867 albumen print from w Cleveland Museum of Art British
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Julia Margaret Cameron - Sir John Herschel, The Astronomer 1867 albumen print from w The Royal Photographic Society British
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Julia Margaret Cameron, Sir John F. W. Herschel, 1867
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J.F.W. Herschel
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Bonneville near Geneva on Road to Chamonix
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Leaves of Orchidea
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William Ridley, Rev Solomon Herschel, 18th - 19th century
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Artist: John Smith and after Gottfned Kneller Title: John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave Date: 17th
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Artist: Henry Herschel Hay Cameron Title: Alfred, Lord Tennyson Date: 1888 Medium: photogravure Dimensions: H.9-11/16
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Artist: Firabet of Rapperswil Title: Crucifix with Three Angels and the Symbols of the Evangelists
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Artist: Giorgio Ghisi Title: Allegory of Life, or The Dream of Raphael, or Melancholy of
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Artist: Felix Buhot Title: The Cab Date: about 1883 Medium: pen and characoal heightened with
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Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title: Christ with the Sick Around Him, Receiving Little Children Date:
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Artist: Master of Jesus in Bethany Title: Christ and the Woman of Samaria Date: about
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: The Nativity with God the Father and Angels Date: after
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Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title: Studies of the Head of Saskia and Others Date: 1636
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Artist: Andrea Mantegna Title: Battle of the Sea Gods Date: about 1485 - 1488 Medium:
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Artist: Robert Strange and after Auton van Dyck Title: Charles I, King of Great Britain
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Artist: artist unknown Title: Antichrist condemns Enoch and Elias to death causing the faithful to
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Artist: Giovanni Battista Piranesi Title: Great Piazza and Basilica of St. Peter"s from the "Le
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Artist: artist unknown Title: The Last Judgement Date: about 1499 Medium: woodcut Dimensions: H.15-1/8 x
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Artist: Benedetto Ghirlandaio Title: Portrait of a Lady Date: about 1480 Medium: oil on panel
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Artist: Augustin Hirschvogel Title: River Landscape with a Large Tree at the Left Date: 1546
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Artist: Evert Van Muyden Title: Lioness Attacking a Buffalo Date: 19th century Medium: pen,ink and
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Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title: Christ Presented to the People Date: 1655 Medium: etching and
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Artist: Albrecht Dürer Title: The Four Horsemen Date: 1511 Medium: woodcut Dimensions: H.15-9/16 x W.11-1/16
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Artist: Evert Van Muyden Title: Seated Tiger Date: 19th century Medium: pen, ink and graphite
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John Kay, John Campbell of Blythewood, 1784
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Artist: Martin Schongauer Title: Christ in Limbo Date: about 1480 Medium: engraving Dimensions: H.6-7/16 x
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Artist: Lucas Cranach Title: St. Christopher Date: 1506 Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut Dimensions: H.11-13/16 x W.7-1/2
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Artist: Evert Van Muyden Title: Tigers Fighting Date: 19th century Medium: pen and ink Dimensions:
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Artist: Albrecht Dürer Title: St. Jerome in his Study Date: 1514 Medium: engraving Dimensions: H.9-3/4
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Artist: Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione Title: Discovery of the Bodies of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
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Artist: Thomas Gainsborough Title: Wooded Landscape with Cows at a Watering Place, Figures and Cottage
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Artist: Nardo di Cione Title: Standing Madonna with Child Date: about 1350 - 1360 Medium:
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Artist: Wencellaus Hollar Title: Church of St. Paul in Covent Garden, London Date: mid 17th
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Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder Title: Madonna and Child with Grapes Date: about 1537 Medium:
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Artist: Sebastiano Ricci Title: Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery Date: 18th century Medium:
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Artist: Charles Meryon Title: The Exchange Bridge, plate 10 from Etchings of Paris Date: 1854
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Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn Title: Rembrandt Wearing a Soft Hat, Cocked, Head Only Date: 1631

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Stephen Cohen Gallery: Sheila Metzner
Metzner's career spans a remarkable range since she entered the advertising world in 1961. Her commercial work has been commissioned by Vanity Fair, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Conde Nast Traveler, and such clients as Bergdorf Goodman, Valentino, Ralp...
Gallery 24: Jan van Leeuwen
Born in 1932, van Leeuwen endured, from the ages of 8 to 12, the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. Images of his classmates being taken from school and neighbors being apprehended on the street left van Leeuwen wrought with a tremendous mix of ...

Further Artwork and Information:

Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet -- Encyclopædia Britannica
A History of Photography, by Robert Leggat: HERSCHEL, Sir John Frederick William
Sir John Herschel (Getty Museum)
Sir John Herschel (1792 - 1871) Biography, Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Sir John Herschel
Encyklopedia: Herschel Sir John Frederick
SIR JOHN HERSCHEL - Definition
Masters of Photography: Julia Margaret Cameron
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