Posted on 09/16/2009 10:47:13 AM PDT by BGHater
A stunning collection of photographs taken by a 19th century globetrotter has caused a stir - because he meticulously painted the colours in himself.
The amazing images shed new light on the world as it was more than 100 years ago, with vivid images of snake charmers, ships on the Suez Canal and fighting Sikhs, among others.
Henry Harrison, a Royal Navy Paymaster General, took the black and white pictures on his voyages around the globe and, because he was a talented artist, was able to painstakingly colour them in.
Stunning imagery: One of Henry Harrison's photographs shows prisoners in China waiting to be executed. He painstakingly hand-painted the colours himself
'An English party ascends the Great pyramid, with a touch of colour
Harrison travelled the globe with his trusty camera and even recorded the grisly early stages of the Boxer Rebellion in China in the late 1890s.
Other locations depicted include the pyramids at Giza, India, Venice, Pompeii, Tonga and the West Indies.
An officer of the Khedive camel corps heads out for a tour of duty
Different way of life: This hand-painted slide shows elephants in India, saying they behaved 'like a well trained collie'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
'Extraordinary 19th century photographs of explorer's travels unearthed - and he painted the colours himself'
beautiful
Amazing ... thank you for posting the pictures ... I’m enthralled.
thank you
Wow. Except of course, we all know the world was in black and white back then.
My ex actually admitted to believing that prior to his first glimpse of a color TV.
Seriesly.
thank you for posting these. Wonderful. My first husband used to hand colour his portrait pictures. It’s quite an art form.
Very cool!
I had an e-mail once about how much better the world was back before colored TV, when we had black and white sets. It was a good analysis.
LOL I can see why she’s your EX!
Would love to read it. We didnt’ have a color TV until I was in HS and I never saw one until we came back to the US from Japan when I was in 3rd grade.
It was a long time ago and I don’t have it now. Sorry.
Drat! I would think a secretary would have everything filed and be able to put hands on it in seconds!
Ping.
May be of interest to you.
“I had an e-mail once about how much better the world was back before colored TV, when we had black and white sets. It was a good analysis.”
Unless you were black and living in the South.
The photos are amazing, and the colors are wonderful!
Well, that’s true, but the world was a better place overall then.
I USED to be a secretary. I’m retired now and lazy...LOL.
LOL
My personal theory is that the more one's senses are "fed" or stimulated externally, the less engaged the mind needs to be, and one's mind atrophies. When you read a book, or listen to music your mind is forced to connect the dots and form its own images. With a sculpture or painting, one is forced to complete the story, allegory, context, etc. in addition to marveling at the technical prowess of the artist. Television/video imagery is "brain candy" and, apart from compelling subject matter, requires little, if any work on the part of one's mind...a color television even moreso than b&w.
Just my conjecture, mind you.
I agree, Joe. Computers are the same. It’s all mindlessness.
Well....now...that’s not quite what I meant. To the extent that computers are interactive, or can be used to research/read, they can be quite stimulating and engaging.
Yeah, esp. on Free republic, where your blood pressure can rise pretty fast, LOL. I got on Facebook a while back, too. And that’s interactive.
***My ex actually admitted to believing that prior to his first glimpse of a color TV.
Seriesly.***
years ago the Calvin and Hobbes cartoon had a that as a subject.
Calvin’s dad convinced him that before the 1940’s everything was in black and white.
He was a he.
I’m a she.
[and that somehow makes it even worse, doesn’t it?]...:))
LOL!
I loved that cartoon and I sorely miss it.
[my dad said I was the female version of Calvin as a kid]....:))
Good observation, I would hate to have my doctor measure my blood pressure as I was reading some of the outrageous stuff the dems do and some of the comments made by trolls.
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I hear you. I’ve had high blood pressure for years and it’s done a lot of damage to my body. I probably should take an extra pill when I come to FR, LOL.
LOL why did I assume? Silly me!
Probably because ~male~ ditzes are pretty uncommon....:)
I dunno about that...remember the famous last words, “Here, hold mah beer...”
Those are separate species; they’re the common dumb @ss...:)
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They aren’t “painted”, they are tinted, we used to do it all the time before there was color film.
“Calvin’s dad convinced him that before the 1940’s everything was in black and white.”
I was there in the late 30s and 40s and of course everything was in black and white unless you messed with it!
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