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[Landscape, colour]

documentary heritage
  • Description

    Autochrome photograph of a landscape.

  • Other Id

    69447 (Presto content ID)

    PH-1979-4-1 (Reference Number)

    TR510 L263 (Library of Congress Call Number)

    72284 (DBTextworks system ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Images

    Catalogue

    • Object Type
    • Name/Title
      [Landscape, colour]
    • Primary Maker

       George St John Biggs (Photographer)

    • Date
      Circa 1908
    • Physical Description

      98 mm. x 145 mm.

    • Level of Current Record
      Child
    • Is Part Of
    • Media/Materials
    • Technique
    • Subject Category
    • Classification
      Autochromes/positives/photographs/AAT Visual Works
    • Public Access Text

      Positive transparency made by a panchromatic emulsion process of additive colour using dyed starch grains to act as primary colours (red, blue and green).

      Attributed to St. John-Biggs as a known maker of autochrome plates in this period and mention in library correspondence, 25/02/1980.

    • Subject Notes
      St. John-Biggs was an avid colour photographer who produced autochrome plates in 1908 when he was a member of the Society of Colour Photography in Great Britain.
    • Copyright
      No known copyright restrictions
    • Credit Line
      Attributed to PH-1979-4 (St. John-Biggs negatives)
    • Last Update
      11 May 2023

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