"A bunch of souvenirs". A hand-coloured print of a photograph taken by an unknown Australian ...

"A bunch of souvenirs". A hand-coloured print of a photograph taken by an unknown Australian soldier on 8 August 1918. The German general Erich von Ludendorff termed 8 August "a black day" for Germany. The photograph shows a column of German prisoners walking along the Villers Bretonneux-Amiens Road. Australian soldiers watch the prisoners. The photographer is seen in the shadow at the bottom of the photograph. This hand-coloured print was produced by Colarts Studio, also known as the Colograph-Art Company. Colarts was the contractor to the Australian War Memorial for producing photographic prints for sale to the public. The studio produced enlargements, intended for framing, and toned and hand-coloured prints. Joynt also collected soldier photographs, from which he produced, exhibited, and sold similar coloured enlargements. Colarts was owned by Capt. William D. Joynt, V.C. Colarts Studio operated at 98 Albert St, Windsor, Melbourne, then 447-9 Law Courts Place, Melbourne. The entry for this print in Colarts' catalogue of soldier photographs carried the following caption: "Captured on the 8th August offensive, Germany's black day, on the Villers-Bretonneux-Amiens Road". This print was made in Colarts' Windsor studio. Joynt's collection of soldier photographs was later acquired by the Memorial.