Object Details
- Towles, William H.
- Description (Brief)
- Autochrome portrait of woman seated on a couch, in a green dress with feathered hat.
- Description
- William H. Towles, active from 1890 into the 1930s, is said to have made Washington, D.C.'s first autochrome. Autochromes are among the first commercially successful forms of color photography. The color dyes in the photographs are held by potato starch.
- 1908
- 1908-01
- ID Number
- PG.003900
- accession number
- 107614
- catalog number
- 3900
- Object Name
- autochrome
- Autochrome
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 21.59 cm x 16.51 cm x 1.27 cm
- Place Made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Photographic History
- Photography
- Autochrome Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1276035
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-6495-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
