Exposing Victorian Influencers Who ’Facetuned’ Their Photos. (Photo Manipulation was EVERYWHERE 🤯)

Go to  or use code bernadette to get a 2-year plan plus a bonus gift with a huge discount. Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this video. SOURCES Fineman, Mia. “Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop“. Yale University Press, New Haven, 2012. Johnson, Robert. “A Complete Treatise on the Art of Retouching Photographic Negatives and Clear Directions How to Finish & Colour Photographs“. Marion & Co., London. 1898. Accessible online: Schriever, J. B. “Complete Self-Instructing Library of Practical Photography, Volume X: Negative Retouching, Etching and Modeling. Encyclopedic Index. Glossary.“ American School of Art and Photography, Pennsylvania, USA, 1909. Accessible online: NOTES 1 French Illusionist Henri Robin, photographed by Eugene Thiebault, 1863. 2 Schriever p 239 3 Johnson p 1 4 Schriever p 198 5 Illustration of the Coronet Corset Co. “The Ladies Home Journal“, October 1900. Wikimedia Commons 6 “1902-1909, Plate 049“ The Metropolitan Museum of Art 7 “CORSET“, Paris, 1905. Wikimedia Commons 8 Detail from “The Crush“, Charles Dana Gibson, 1901. 9 “Picturesque America, Anywhere Along the Coast“, Charles Dana Gibson, 1898 [10] From the personal collection of Orla Fitzpatrick, published initially on Jacolette: a gallery of Irish snapshot and vernacular photography, 18 February, 2020. Used with permission. 11 Schriever p 50. 12 The quoted text is from Johnson (p. 8-9) but the images shown are from Schriever. 13 Schriever p 54 14 Schriever p 104 15 Schriever p 176 16 Schriever p 187 (top), 191 (bottom) 17 Schriever p 201 18 Schriever p 222 19 Karolina’s full video on Edwardian waist alteration: 20 “Margrethe Kallevig født Irgens“, 1889. Aust-Agder Museum Alterations are conjecture 21 Uploaded by Pinterest user Shelley Peters. Alterations are conjecture 22 Uploaded by Pinterest user Jealous21. Alterations are conjecture 23 The first 2 images are unaccredited. The third shows Vaudeville star Aida Overton Walker 24 Advertisement from “The Woman’s Home Companion“, April 1901 25 Postcard of Camille Clifford, c. 1900 26 A “Gibson Girl“ portrait, Charles Dana Gibson c 1891 27 “Mrs. Will Richardson“. Photographed c 1907 by Joseph J Pennell in Junction City, Kansas. Pennell Photography Collection/Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas 28 “The Bien Jolie Brassiere.“ Votes for Women, vol. V, no. 224, 1912, p 615. Nineteenth Century Collections Online 29 “Multiple Classified Advertisements.“ The Designer and the Woman’s Magazine, vol. XIII, no. 5, 1901, p. 572. Nineteenth Century Collections Online 30 “Multiple Classified Advertisements.“ The Designer and the Woman’s Magazine, vol. XIX, no. 5, 1904, p. 555. Nineteenth Century Collections Online 31 Arthur Devis. “Mr and Mrs Atherton“, c. 1743. Walker Art Gallery, accession no. WAG 1353. 32 Engraving of Joannes Heurnius. The Wellcome Collection, system no. b1167455. 33 This point is excellently discussed in James Welsh’s video on the subject of Influencers Vs Facetune: 34 “Godey’s”, Volume 125. November, 1892 35 “The Model“ advertisement featured in East Texas State Normal College’s 1920 Locust yearbook 36 An advertisement for a women’s rabbit skin coat and a green wool suit, available at Eaton’s College Street. Toronto, Canada. 1935 37 Advertisement for Sweetheart Soap, March 1950 38 Unknown, European. Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom, mid-18th century. Art Gallery of Ontario, accession no. AGO162606-1200 39 Portrait of Anne Marie d’Orléans. C. 1680s 40 Portrait of a Lady in a rose-colored dress, possibly part of a “Gallery of Beauties”. C. 1670s 41 Trinity and the Four Evangelists. Armenian minuscript of Nahapet of Gamałiēl gospel. C. 1391 This channel is made possible through the generous support of Patreon members. To become a patron, visit (although videos will remain free for you here regardless). Beyond YouTube: IG @bernadettebanner Management contact for business enquiries: bernadette@
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