Two views of Belvedere Castle from the Souvenir Postcard Company in 1905. The first commercial color-photograph plates weren’t available for another couple of years and ordinary color film for another 25, which tells us that the color version was hand-tinted. If you look closely, you can see that the artist did more than tint – the flag has been changed, and for some reason ornamental rocks added to the edge of the path along with what appear to be mutant vines on the tower.
Two Postcards
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