How does the process of colourisation affect our understanding of history?

Re:How does the process of colourisation affect our understa... by dang on Saturday November 24, 2018 @11:05PM (#18525407)

I found it impossible to believe that the photo in the article was from 1865, but it is: https://www.google.com/search?q=Lewis+Powell&source=lnms&tbm.... It's not only the color; his hair and his expression seem completely modern.

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Re:How does the process of colourisation affect our understa... by mbrumlow on Sunday November 25, 2018 @12:55AM (#18525646)

TIL: In the 1800 criminals were actually models. And good looking ones too.

This could be a Calvin Klein model!

https://imgur.com/VJnmv8k

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Re:How does the process of colourisation affect our understa... by dang on Sunday November 25, 2018 @01:24AM (#18525690)

You're right - that's what gets me about his facial expression. It's how models pose. By contrast, this one looks more like a mug shot: https://www.google.com/search?q=Lewis+Powell&source=lnms&tbm...:

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Re:How does the process of colourisation affect our understa... by theoh on Sunday November 25, 2018 @06:56PM (#18529884)

See extensive discussion here: https://thenewinquiry.com/dead-and-going-to-die/

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Re:How does the process of colourisation affect our understa... by blahedo on Sunday November 25, 2018 @12:56AM (#18525649)

And his shirt! That was the detail that seemed to me most jarring---the cut and style look quite current. (The pants, seen in some of the other photos at the google link, not so much.)

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Re:How does the process of colourisation affect our understa... by dang on Sunday November 25, 2018 @01:23AM (#18525688)

I had the exact same feeling, but felt too fashion-challenged to mention it. I guess 19th century convict clothes have made a comeback.

It's an illusion, because the other photos of him all have clear archaic markers. But what an illusion.

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