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Object within Schaaf no. 2332

Leaf of a fern, possibly taken by solar microscope

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Object details

Created: 8 Jan 1840

Image size: h 8.2cm x w 5.6cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Contact

Physical description: cropped to an irregular shape

Inscription: pencil T verso; Jan. 8/40 W. paper 30 [30 seconds or minutes exposure on W paper, 8 January 1840]

Provenance:
Victoria & Albert Museum, 2017
National Science and Media Museum, 2003 to 2017
Royal Photographic Society, number 025090
Royal Photographic Society, old number 195

Owner: Victoria and Albert Museum

Object owner number: RPS.11-2017

Collection: Royal Photographic Society Collection

Rights and Reproduction

This object is part of Schaaf no. 2332

Leaf of a fern, possibly taken by solar microscope

Keywords: Botany

Part of a frond of Adiantum species (Pteridaceae), otherwise known as, Maidenhair fern.

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