Sir John Herschel (1792-1871)
Medium
albumen print from wet collodion negative
Dimensions
image: 32.8 × 25 cm · matted: 50.8 × 40.6 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann
Accession Number
1996.345
Tags
female
About this artwork
Herschel, a renowned British mathematician, scientist, and innovator in photographic chemistry, was not just Cameron’s friend; she regarded him as “a Teacher and High Priest.” She wrote that when such great men posed for her, her “whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner [being] as well as the features of the outer man.”