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This is a very special one picture. I, as most of you know, colourise black and white pictures with a software specially adapted to that. But, what would happen if I tried to colourise, for instance, a sketch? The sketcher had to be so good that the colour’s tone could be applied as it was a photograph, something nearly impossible. And, for my surprise, it was so with this one. I was able to colourise this picture as it was a truly, genuine photograph. The original artist was Ernest Blaikley, who died prior to publication of the book where it’s included. This image is taken from Sniping in France, a work published in 1920, and whose author H.V. Hesketh-Prichard, died in 1922. He may not be known by anybody nowadays, but I must recognize I feel nothing but amazement for him.