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Start the week with a fun fact! To be exact, it's the first color photo taken by the three color method, and was taken by Thomas Sutton.

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Charterhouse

The history of the London Charterhouse complex is long, complicated, and bloody. The site was first used as a burial pit for victims of the Black Death in the 14th Century. Believing the plague to have been a sign of divine wrath, Londoners decided something needed to be done to prevent a repeat occurrence. Initially, a chapel was constructed, but this was deemed insufficient: constant prayers and piety were required, so the Carthusian monks were invited to found a monastery in 1371 (the name Charterhouse coming from the Anglicisation of Chartreuse, the French for Carthusian). The monks lived a relatively quiet existence, until Henry VIII and the Dissolution came along. The monks resisted, resulting in their imprisonment; the prior was hung, drawn and quartered, his arm then nailed to the Charterhouse gate.

The site was purchased by Sir Edward North, who partially demolished the monastery, using the bricks to construct a Tudor mansion. After North’s death, it passed to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, who was later placed under house arrest there for scheming to marry Mary, Queen of Scots. After ciphered letters were discovered under a doormat at the house, the Duke was executed.

In 1611 the businessman Thomas Sutton acquired the house. In his will, his left a substantial amount of money to maintain a chapel, almshouse and school. The school later moved to Godalming, Surrey – it’s now one the most expensive private schools in the country (certainly not what its founder intended). The almshouse lives on, in a fashion. Originally, it provided for 80 “Brothers”, gentlemen who were “either decrepit or old captaynes either at sea or at land, maimed or disabled soldiers, merchants fallen on hard times, those ruined by shipwreck of other calamity”; these days the entry criteria are less strict, admitting pensioners who are in need of financial and social support. There are currently around 40 resident Brothers.

Until recently, the Charterhouse was largely closed to the public, but in 2017 a small museum was opened. Visitors can also access the chapel, where the extravagant tomb of Thomas Sutton can be seen (apparently, he did not ask for it, and would likely have hated it). To see the rest of the complex, including the Great Hall, Grand Chamber, cloister and some of the gardens, visitors need to book a tour – either with a Brother (good for rambling anecdotes) or a professional guide (shorter historical focus).

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Thomas Sutton (1819-1875)

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Uzay Fotoğrafları Aslında Siyah-Beyaz Çekiliyor

Uzay Fotoğrafları Aslında Siyah-Beyaz Çekiliyor

Derin uzay resimlerinde gördüğümüz muhteşem renklere, tonlara ve gölgelere rağmen, Hubble teleskopunun çektiği tüm resimlerin siyah-beyaz olarak yakalandığını duymak sizi şaşırtabilir. Bu son teknoloji teleskopla çekilen resimlerde gördüğümüz renkleri üretmek , 1860’larda İngiliz fotoğrafçı Thomas Sutton’ın öncülüğünde bir süreci kullanmak daha da şaşırtıcı olabilir.

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Tartan Ribbon, 1861

first permanent color photograph taken by Thomas Sutton

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The first durable colour photograph. Thomas Sutton 1861

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The first durable color photograph, taken by Thomas Sutton in 1861

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© James Clerk Maxwell & Thomas Sutton, 1861, First ever color photograph

Capturing color on film (rather than coloring it in) really began with James Clerk Maxwell when he took was is believed to be the first permanent color photograph in 1861. By combining red, green and blue filtered photographs of the same ribbon, he created above photograph.