Portrait of a woman

Made:
1943
maker:
Unknown
Portrait of a woman

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Portrait of a woman
Science Museum Group Collection
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A hand-coloured photographic portrait of a woman taken by an unknown photographer in 1943.

Even after the introduction of practicable colour processes, hand-colouring of monochrome photographs remained very popular. Most photographic studios offered coloured photographs as part of their service.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/6071/7
Materials:
paper
type:
photograph and hand-coloured
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford