6 OF 21

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt

6 of 21 portraits of Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1867
13 3/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. (340 mm x 264 mm)
Purchased, 1982
Primary Collection
NPG P213

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Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt (1792-1871), Mathematician and astronomer; son of William Herschel. Sitter in 21 portraits.

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), Pioneer photographer. Artist associated with 113 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.

Ford, Colin, Julia Margaret Cameron: 19th Century Photographer of Genius, 2003 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 6 February - 26 May 2003), p. 83
Ford, Colin, Julia Margaret Cameron: 19th Century Photographer of Genius, 2003 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 6 February - 26 May 2003), p. 100
Hart-Davis, Adam, Chain Reactions, 2000, p. 72
Rogers, Malcolm, Camera Portraits, 1989 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 20 October 1989 - 21 January 1990), p. 83
Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 300