This photograph is
not a copy of a painting nor is it a hand-tinted version of a photograph. It
represents the first edition of a full-color lithograph of the only known color
photograph of ‘Abdu’l-Baha. The announcement regarding the availability of
printed copies appeared in the March 1974 issue of the Baha’i News. The
photograph was taken in Paris in 1911 as part of early experiments in color
photography. The glass negatives were discovered in the early 1970’s by a
Baha’i researcher in the field. A copy negative was prepared and sent to the
Archives in Haifa. The US Baha’i Publishing Trust was able to borrow the
negative to ensure as exact a reproduction as possible of the three colors used
in the original process.
(Adapted from the back cover of Baha’i News, March 1974)
