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I'm Stuart Humphryes: known on-line as BabelColour. I enhance early colour photography. I do not colourise. My new book 'The Colors of Life' is out now! ko-fi.com/babelcolour London, England Joined June 2011
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a day ago

Born in 1835, this is American author Mark Twain, best known for penning The Adventures of Tom Sawyer in 1876 & its sequel Huckleberry Finn in 1884. I've cleaned-up these two rare autochrome photos, taken in colour 116 years ago. They are not colourised.

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3 days ago

Thank you for all the kind and thoughtful posts and messages this last week. It has really cheered me up reading them. There are so many hundred, I can't reply to each, but please know I am very heartened by your kindness. You are the best of X (Twitter). 💕💕

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3 days ago

A rare colour photograph of legendary French sculptor Rodin (1840-1917) - famous for 'The Thinker' & 'The Kiss'. He's pictured here 117 years ago with his sculpture 'Eve', taken by Edward Steichen in 1907. It has a beautiful dream-like quality & is original colour, not colourised

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2 years ago

The soft, ethereal, dream-like quality of this photograph makes it look part painting and part half-remembered dream. It was taken 114 years ago, by Heinrich Kühn, and is an original colour autochrome from 1908. (It is not colourised) 😍

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a week ago

Good heavens above! I've just logged in and seen the unbelievably kind response to my post the other day. Quite incredible, you've moved me by all the kindness. I've just been scrolling through the well-wishes I'm I'm so touched by how lovely & kind you all are xxx Thank you. 💕

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2 weeks ago

Good heavens above! I've just logged in and seen the unbelievably kind response to my post the other day. Quite incredible, you've moved me by all the kindness. I've just been scrolling through the well-wishes I'm I'm so touched by how lovely & kind you all are xxx Thank you. 💕

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2 weeks ago

Sorry I've not been around to delight you with enhanced photography this week, but I've been mostly confined to my bed for the last 4 days. And I think I've slept 90 hours of that! I've had a pretty major relapse of long-term health issues and haven't been able to work on my…

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10 months ago

This surprisingly contemporary-looking portrait was taken 106 years ago this month - back in July 1917 - during the height of World War One. He is a Senegalese cook for the French army in Soissons, France, photographed via autochrome by Fernand Cuville. (It is not colourised)

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a year ago

Friday 22nd June 1917: This is the 37-year-old Sar Amadou, a Senegalese soldier posted to the French army's 7th artillery regiment near Ballersdorf, in Alsace, eastern France, during the Great War. I've enhanced this autochrome portrait by Paul Castelnau, which is not colourised.

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a year ago

Today we travel back 106 years to the Great War. I have enhanced for you this lovely autochrome portrait of a sergeant of the 17th Indochinese Tirailleurs Regiment at Soissons, in Aisne, France; taken in June 1917 by Fernand Cuville. It is original colour, not colourised.

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2 years ago

This is Saturday 16th June 1917. I have enhanced for you an autochrome by Paul Castelnau, taken during the Great War. These are Senegalese soldiers serving as colonial forces in the French Army, resting near the front line at Saint-Ulrich, France. Original colour, not colourised.

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6 months ago

A young American recruit in the First World War, taken over a century ago at Soissons in France. This is an enhancement of an original colour autochrome plate, taken by Fernand Cuville in 1917, and hasn't been colourised.

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10 months ago

Over a million Indian troops fought in the British India Army during the Great War (1914-1918). I've cleaned this autochrome of Sikh & Muslim soldiers from the Punjab, taken in France 106 years ago by Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud. It is original colour from 1917 and not colourised.

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3 weeks ago

A Box of Delight! I've polished up this wonderful 1907 autchrome for you - this vibrant collection of artist's pastels was photographed in colour 117 years ago by Wladimir Schohin. It transcends the centuries. 😍

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3 weeks ago

This is the world's first ever colour photograph. Taken 163 years ago - way back in 1861 - I have cleaned-up this colour image of a tartan rosette, which was photographed by Thomas Sutton using the 3-filter colour method theorised by James Clark Maxwell.

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3 weeks ago

It's rare for me to colourise images, but a decade back I did do a small number for Twitter. I found this enhancement on my harddrive - a portrait of Abraham Lincoln which I coloured back in 2011. I thought it quite striking, so I'm re-sharing it with you.

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a year ago

Walking the autumnal woods of Morey, France, around 1910. This gorgeous autochrome was taken by Julien Gérardin over 110 years ago and is original colour (not colourised) 😍

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