File:Julia Margaret Cameron - John Herschel (Metropolitan Museum of Art copy, restored).jpg

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Summary

Description

John Herschel (1815-1879), photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron in April 1867. Image: 31.8 x 24.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.) Mount: 39.9 x 32.9 cm (15 11/16 x 12 15/16 in.)

Date

April 1867

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Author



Description	British photographer, artist and writer
Date of birth/death	11 June 1815	26 January 1879
Location of birth/death	Calcutta, India	Kalutara, Ceylon
Work location	Freshwater; London
Authority file	: Q230120 VIAF: 61616074 ISNI: 0000000081406854 ULAN: 500118804 LCCN: n50031545 NLA: 35169417 WorldCat

Restored by

Adam Cuerden
Description	British Image restorationist, composer, amateur photographer and artist, and Wikipedian As Adam lives in Britain, which makes it incredibly easy to acquire copyright in his works, he grants, if needed, an irrevokable license to use this work however you see fit. He requests attribution where possible, and realises that "where possible" means that that request is not legally enforcable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 15:44, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
Date of birth	8 June 1979
Location of birth	United States of America

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File:Julia Margaret Cameron - John Herschel (Metropolitan Museum of Art copy, original scan UNRESTORED).jpg - Original scan, unrestored (JPEG)

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	This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This is a featured picture on the Malay language Wikipedia (Gambar pilihan) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. If you think this file should be featured on Wikimedia Commons as well, feel free to nominate it. If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

Licensing

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	20:48, 28 February 2016	2,873 × 3,690 (4.56 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Reverted to version as of 20:54, 30 March 2014 (UTC) FP
	14:12, 27 February 2016	2,619 × 3,132 (3.93 MB)	ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2	Cropped 9 % horizontally and 15 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode.
	20:54, 30 March 2014	2,873 × 3,690 (4.56 MB)	Armbrust	Reverted to version as of 22:52, 5 July 2013 FPs shouldn't be overwritten per Commons:Overwriting existing files
	14:33, 27 March 2014	2,873 × 3,690 (4.13 MB)	Ahecht	Adjusted levels to bring out hidden detail.
	22:52, 5 July 2013	2,873 × 3,690 (4.56 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Crop a little bit to remove a drop shadow; pencil marks removed.
	22:42, 5 July 2013	2,893 × 3,722 (3.56 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Border cleanups
	17:46, 5 July 2013	2,893 × 3,722 (3.44 MB)	Adam Cuerden	To be filled in