My, How We've Changed! ; a New Book Reveals for the First Time, in Colour, How Britain Looked 100 Years Ago
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THESE remarkable photographs show Britain at the dawn of the 20th century in a way that has never been seen before. A photographic record of the country in 1900, from Clacton Pier to Dumfries, the delicate colours bring the scenes to life in what was then a revolutionary photographic technique invented by the Swiss printer Orell Fussli. He combined photography and lithography, allowing a colour image to be reproduced from a black-and-white negative. He called his invention the Photochrome and the result was a revelation.
The green of the countryside, the colours of the sea, sunsets and portraits are rendered in their original beauty and with stunning detail.See the full content of this document
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My, How We've Changed! ; a New Book Reveals for the First Time, in Colour, How Britain Looked 100 Years Ago
But what has become of those scenes? Here, we compare the original Photochromes from 1900 with ...
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