Caroline Simpson Collection

Corso Vittorio Emmanuele, Milano, around 1900 / photographer unknown

[c1900]

1 photoprint : col ; 16.5 x 22.5 cm

'8611. P.Z. - Milano. Corso Vittorio Emanuele' printed on image lower left.

Milan (Italy)
streetscapes
trams
architecture (buildings)
electricity supply
shops
advertising signs
awnings
window shutters
souvenirs
voyages & travels

This view of a Milanese streetscape with the cathedral in the distance is part of a series of 32 mechanically coloured photographs of European cities, monuments and buildings, pasted into an album kept by members of the Rouse family as a souvenir of European travels. From 1867 onwards, successive generations of the Rouse family toured the great cultural sites of Europe, collecting souvenirs and mementos of their travels.
The colouring process, indicated by the letters P Z on the print, was called Photochrom Zurich. It was developed by the Swiss printing company Orell Fussli in the 1880s. Faster than traditional hand colouring, this technique allowed mass production mechanical colouring of black and white photographic prints by lithography. Each colour was applied separately with a dedicated printing stone and the prints were varnished to saturate colours and protect the surface. The resulting vibrantly coloured images contrast dramatically with the sepia photographs available to earlier generations of traveller.

Rouse Hill House & Farm ; R97/112

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