SID: Colours of Another Age - The Rothschild Autochromes

Date: Thursday 25 September

Time: 10.30-4.00

Price: £60.50, NT members: £55.00 (includes morning coffee, two course set lunch with wine and a cup of tea and cake)

Venue: House and Powerhouse

Booking: Please phone 01296 653226, Mon-Fri, 10.00-4.00


In 1907 the Lumière brothers invented the first commercially viable means of photographing in colour and it took the world by storm. The Autochrome, which relied on the humble potato in its creation, allows us glimpses of the Edwardian world in vibrant colour, thanks to the work of amateur photographer Lionel de Rothschild, and a further series recording the Manor itself around 1910. This day, linking to the exhibition in the Coach House is led by Victor Gray, exhibition curator and former director of the Rothschild Archive.