Colonel Rhodes' Lodge at Sonning

Made:
circa 1910 in England and Sonning
maker:
Unknown
'Colonel Rhodes' Lodge at Sonning'

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'Colonel Rhodes' Lodge at Sonning'
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A photomechanical reproduction of an autochrome colour photograph entitled 'Colonel Rhodes' Lodge at Sonning', taken by an unknown photographer and published by the Polytechnic School of Photography and Typography, c. 1910. Two young girls stand outside the house in summer bonnets and white smocks.

A photomechanical reproduction of an autochrome colour photograph entitled 'Colonel Rhodes' Lodge at Sonning', taken by an unknown photographer and published by the Polytechnic School of Photography and Typography, c. 1910.

Two young girls stand outside the house in summer bonnets and white smocks.

The autochrome process was the first really practicable and commercially successful process for colour photography. Autochromes are transparent images on glass similar to lantern slides. This image is an early attempt to reproduce an Autochrome on paper.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/6071/25
Materials:
paper
type:
photograph, colour photograph and chromolithograph
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford