Title

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, British astronomer, 1867. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron

Caption

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, British astronomer, 1867. The son of Sir William Herschel, who discovered the planet Uranus, John Herschel (1792-1871) followed his father in astronomical research, mapping the sky of the southern hemisphere and cataloguing many previously unseen stars. He was also a pioneer photographer, and coined the photographic terms 'negative and 'positive'.
Historica Graphica Collection

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D58_188

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,7Mb) / 12,3in x 15,8in / 3689 x 4740 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male job man men old aged country science guy occupation astronomy British English photography elderly scientist location century Britain profession concept B&W MONOCHROME 19th century black & white black and white B W astronomer nineteenth century Sir John Frederick William Herschel photograph portrait Herschel Sir John Frederick William Historica Graphica Collection Julia Margaret Cameron Cameron Julia Margaret photograph portrait