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.
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| 1 | Improving content on photographic techniques |
| Introduction |
| 2 | Introduction to painting on photographs |
| 3 | The Remuneration of Art in America. Crayon Photographs (1882) |
| Colouring kits and patents |
| 4 | Nineteenth century photograph colouring kits |
| Patents for colouring photographs |
| 5 | Frederick Langenheim: Patents for Coloring Daguerreotype Plates |
| 6 | Patent: To Richard Beard. of Earl-street, Blackfriars, Gent., for improvements in the means of obtaining likenesses |
| Examples of painted photographs |
| 7 | Painted daguerreotypes |
| 8 | Painted salt prints |
| 9 | Painted ambrotypes |
| 10 | Painted albumen prints |
| 11 | Painted cartes de visite |
| 12 | Cabinet cards: Painted |
| 13 | Painted stereoviews |
| 14 | Bi-colored stereoviews |
| 15 | Painted tintypes |
| 16 | Painted gelatin silver prints |
| Examples of toned photographs |
| 17 | Gelatin silver prints: Sepia-toned |
| Regional styles |
| 18 | Hand-coloured photographs from the Indian sub-continent |
| 19 | Baron Raimund von Stillfried: Portraits from China |
| 20 | Helen Edlund: Swedish folk costumes |
| Colourists, retouchers and artists |
| 21 | Nineteenth century Japanese artists and colourists |
| 22 | John Thomson: A Chinese portrait artist, Hong Kong |
| Painted photographs by known artists |
| 23 | Painted photographs by known artists |
| 24 | Louis Pierson: Painted portraits of the Countess of Castiglione |
| Photojournalism and painting on photographs |
| 25 | Press photographs with paint or instructions |
| Contemporary photographer / artists |
| 26 | Peter Beard: Mixed-media collages and collaborative works |
