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Diagrams of Light 15 to 17 October

Photograph
October 1885 to April 1886 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Hurter and Driffield (photographers)

Three mounted sepia-toned photographs depicting 'light diagrams' of daylight intensity taken throughout the day by Hurter's actinometer on 15, 16 and 17 October 1885.

Object details

Categories
The Royal Photographic Society
Photographs
Science
Object type
Photograph
TitleDiagrams of Light 15 to 17 October (generic title)
Materials and techniques
bromide print
Photographic Paper
Photography
Bromide Process
Brief description
Photographs by Hurter and Driffield 'Diagrams of Light 15 to 17 October', bromide prints on card, October 1885 to April 1886
Physical description
Three mounted sepia-toned photographs depicting 'light diagrams' of daylight intensity taken throughout the day by Hurter's actinometer on 15, 16 and 17 October 1885.
Dimensions
  • Card height: 36.5cm
  • Card width: 26.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Dr. Hurter's Actinometer'/'Diagrams, shewing the Intensity of actinic LIGHT, reflected from the Northern sky as recorded by Dr. Hurter's Actinometer'/'October - 1885'/'15.'/16.'/'17.'

    Note
    ink, recto, mount

  • numbered/'HURTER and DRIFFIELD ARCHIVE SHELF 10/I'

    Note
    pencil, verso, mount

Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
Object history
These photographs are assembled in a box along with other photographs and various ephemera relating to Hurter & Driffield's actinometer and actinomgraph experiments. 20 loose card pages in an album titled 'Dr. Hurter Actinograph Actinometer Records Oct. 1885 15 April 1886'
Subjects depicted
Diagrams
Experiments
Other number
2003-50a/2/24712 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.476:2-2025

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Record createdFebruary 10, 2025
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1796281/diagrams-of-light-15-to-photograph-hurter-and-driffield/
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