St Cross, Winchester
- Made:
- circa 1910 in Winchester
A photomechanical reproduction of an autochrome colour photograph entitled 'St Cross, Winchester', taken by Beatrice Cunnington and published by the Polytechnic School of Photography and Typography, c. 1910. The photograph shows the hospital of St Cross, established in the 12th century.
The photograph shows the hospital of St Cross, established in the 12th century.
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:
- 1990-5036/6071/27
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- photograph, colour photograph and chromolithograph
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
