Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to hand-painted photographs |
| 2 | Early examples of painting on photographs |
| Examples of painted photographs |
| 3 | Painted daguerreotypes |
| 4 | Painted salt prints |
| 5 | Painted ambrotypes |
| 6 | Painted albumen prints |
| 7 | Owen Angel: Follett Family Album of Children Costumed for a Fancy Dress Ball (ca 1880) |
| 8 | Louise Lafton (photographer) / Alexis Godillot (manufacturer): Album Photographique des Uniformes de L'Armées Françaises (1866) |
| 9 | Painted cartes de visite |
| 10 | Cabinet cards: Painted |
| 11 | Painted stereoviews |
| 12 | Bi-colored stereoviews |
| 13 | Painted tintypes |
| 14 | Painted gelatin silver prints |
| 15 | Painted postcards |
| Painting daguerreotypes |
| 16 | Patent: To Richard Beard. of Earl-street, Blackfriars, Gent., for improvements in the means of obtaining likenesses |
| 17 | Frederick Langenheim: Patents for Coloring Daguerreotype Plates |
| 18 | Patent: Wm. A. Pratt, Improvement in Colouring Daguerreotype-Pictures (1846) |
| Colouring kits |
| 19 | Nineteenth century photograph colouring kits |
| 20 | Retouching and painting desks |
| Artists and colorists at work |
| 21 | Nineteenth century Japanese artists and colourists |
| 22 | John Thomson: A Chinese portrait artist, Hong Kong |
| Regional styles |
| 23 | Hand-coloured photographs from the Indian sub-continent |
| 24 | Baron Raimund von Stillfried: Portraits from China |
| 25 | Suzuki Shinichi 1: Japan: Portraits |
| Contemporary photographers |
| 26 | Saul Leiter: Painted nudes |
| 27 | Lalla Essaydi: Les Femmes du Maroc |
| Colourising the past |
| 28 | Colourising the past |
