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Cameron first met Herschel in South Africa in 1836 where she went to recover from illness and they became close, long-standing friends. An astronomer and physicist, Herschel was also a pioneer in the chemistry of photography. Among his many groundbreaking discoveries, he introduced ‘hypo’ as a fixing agent and coined the terms 'photograph', 'negative' and 'positive'. Herschel introduced Cameron to the new invention of photography in 1839 and shared the results of his early experiments with her. In her autobiographical manuscript 'Annals of My Glass House' (1874, first published 1889), Cameron remarked: 'He was to me as a Teacher and High Priest. From my girlhood I had loved and honoured him, and it was after a friendship of 31 years’ duration that the high task of giving his portrait to the nation was allotted to me'.
National Portrait Gallery, London
London
Title
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt
Date
1867
Medium
albumen print
Measurements
H 34 x W 26.4 cm
Accession number
P213
Acquisition method
purchased, 1982
Work type
Photograph
National Portrait Gallery, London
St Martin’s Place, London, Greater London WC2H 0HE England
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