There was color photography (not merely the colorizing of a print) in the 19th century, but on a very limited experimental basis, but true color photography really began with the autochrome, introduced commercially in 1907. Two photographers photographed Twain using autochrome plates, a week apart in 1908. Kevin @ Mac Donnell Rare Books 9307 Glenlake Drive Austin TX 78730 512-345-4139 Member: ABAA, ILAB ************************* You may browse our books at www.macdonnellrarebooks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Wise" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 3:19 PM Subject: Re: Twain colorized photo > Yes, I remember seeing it here before, and probably replied then with=20 > the same reference I'm linking here now, which proves that the=20 > colorization was indeed a fantasy since color didn't come into the > world=20 > until the 1930s, as any student of photography, such as Calvin's dad, =20 > well knows: =20 > http://brake-down.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Invention-of-Col= > or.jpg > > And btw, I couldn't get those archive links to open. Are they really > avail= > able? > > Ben > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: [log in to unmask] > <lexetlibris@= > YAHOO.COM> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:44:54 -0000 > (UT= > C) Subject: Re: Twain colorized photo Folks-- This photograph (and the > = > practice of colorization) has already been=3D discussed on the Forum. > See= > the Forum thread of 10 October 2013 with the S=3D ubject line > "Colorizing= > photos from 19C: including MT," started by Hal Bush=3D . Here is a link > t= > o that initial Forum posting: > https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=3D= > 3Dind1310&L=3D3DTWAIN-L&P=3D3DR1242&I=3D =3D3D-3 The article cited in > h= > is e-mail--containing the same colorized photo of MT,=3D at Dollis > Hill--= > is still a functioning URL: > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2446= > 391/Amazing-Civil-War-photograp=3D > hs-created-colorist-bring-eras-heroes-c= > haracters-life-color-time.html The location is verified as Dollis Hill, > = > 1900, per a Forum posting at that =3D time by none other than Robert > Hirst= > of the Mark Twain Project: > https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A2=3D3D= > ind1310&L=3D3DTWAIN-L&P=3D3DR1824&I=3D =3D3D-3 The copyright for that > p= > hoto, as it appears in the Daily Mail, is "Mads Dah=3D l Madsen / > Dynamich= > rome." Hope this helps! M. L. > istmas --------------------------= > ------------------ On Sat, 3/8/14, Fred Harwood wrote: Subject: Re: > T= > wain colorized photo - To: [log in to unmask] Date: Saturday, March 8, > 20= > 14, 11:37 AM =3D20 The link contains as much as I know about the > photo= > . =3D20 Google around for the source. My brief effort suggested that > m= > any have =3D3D posted it, but without linking to original work. =3D20 > = > =3D20 On Mar 8, 2014, at 9:12 AM, Kit Barry wrote: =3D20 > Thank > yo= > u for this image. It came out very well on my printer. > Since this > ima= > ge is going into the archive I curate, it would > be most helpful if I > = > could add the following information: >=3D3D20 >=3DA0 -=3DA0 When was > = > photograph taken: >=3D3D20 >=3DA0 -=3DA0 By whom: >=3D3D20 > >=3DA0 -= > =3DA0 Where was photograph taken, as in Hartford, Elmira, other: > >=3D3D= > 20 >=3DA0 -=3DA0 Was the original photograph a sepia print, black & > whi= > te: >=3D3D20 >=3DA0 -=3DA0 When and by whom was the photograph > colori= > zed: >=3D3D20 >=3DA0 -=3DA0 Method of colorization: >=3D3D20 > >=3DA0= > -=3DA0 Is it known why this photograph was taken, as in for a special = > =3D3D occasion: >=3D3D20 > -=3DA0 Was this photograph used for a > spec= > ific purpose, as in publicity: >=3D3D20 > Thanking you in advance, > = >>=3D3D20 > Kit Barry > The Ephemera Archive for American Studies > >>Br= > attleboro, Vermont =3D20 Fred Harwood Linwood Cottage Sheffield > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3722/7168 - Release Date: 03/08/14 >