Monahan

Restoration Review

The Walton Family Photographs

Each plate sets the original scan beside the work done to it — detail recovered, damage repaired, color put back. Look at them side by side, or open one large and step between versions. Tell us what looks right and what doesn't.

The stages

Original
The scan as it came off the glass. Nothing touched.
Restored
Detail and resolution rebuilt.
Cleaned
Tears, spotting, and surface damage repaired.
Colorized
Color reconstructed from the cleaned plate.

Also in the folder

Source scans & ephemera

Scanned material with no work done to it yet — the full plate scans, the reverse of the baby portrait, and the photographer's studio mark.