From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Robert Hunt
Date:
[10 February 1841]
Source of text:
RS:HS 22.79
Summary:
Has not lately done much work in photography, except to work with paper treated with vegetable substances.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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Has not lately done much work in photography, except to work with paper treated with vegetable substances.
Unable to give any specifics concerning Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre's new photographic process. Discovered that old paper specimens produced a much better representation of the spectrum in its natural colors than those obtained at the date of JH's paper; these results are 'light on a dark ground,' which makes JH more hopeful that colored photography will someday be perfected. Has experimented with vegetable substances.