With my penchant for history and especially photographs of history, these photographs gripped my imagination. The technique used was rudimentary as it involved manually adding colour to black and white negatives. Foremost amongst the question that I would like to ask, is how long it took to colourise one B&W photo.
Main picture: Bridge and Promenade, Bedford
According to Telegraph Travel:
The following images show English cities, towns and attractions during the 1890s – and in colour. They were created using the Photochrom technique pioneered by Photoglob Zürich AG, which sees colour manually added to black-and-white negatives. The Swiss firm licensed the process to other companies such as the Detroit Photographic Company in the US and the Photochrom Company of London. The following images are among the most striking produced during the period…
Brighton
Brixham, Devon
High Street, Exeter, Devon
Honister Pass, The Lake District
Kitchen Bridge, St. John’s College, Cambridge
Market hall in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire
Messrs. Burroughs, Wellcome & Co.’s factory, Dartford
New Road, Boscastle, Cornwall
Old post office, Lee, Devon
Unknown location
Robin Hood’s Bay, Whitby, Yorkshire
Royal Military College cricket grounds, Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey
Saint Michael’s Mount, Cornwall
Shrewsbury
Southwold, Suffolk
St Augustine’s Parade, Bristol
The Bayle Gate, Bridlington, Yorkshire
The Cross and Rows, Chester, Cheshire
The cross, Lydney, Gloucestershire
The Gap, Margate
The Pantiles, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
The Tower, Newton Abbot, Devon
The Winnets, Castleton, Derbyshire
Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire
Windsor Castle
York Gate, Broadstairs
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