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  1. The sepia tones soften the cliffs of St. Cloud into layered planes, while tiny figures dot the Pont de Sêve below. This 1840s photographic print captures not just a view, but the act of looking itself—how distance compresses scale and time.

    What details in the handwritten script anchor this scene to a specific moment?

    #ClevelandMuseumofArt #EarlyPhotography #ParisianViews
    clevelandart.org/art/2006.241

  2. #312 J. Arthur Osborne and David H. Thomas - Victorian and Edwardian Camborne Through the Eyes of the Camera, 1850-1920. The Authors, Camborne, 1986, 1st edition. #Camborne #Cornwall #Kernow #Photography #EarlyPhotography #DavidHThomas #JArthurOsborne #BookOfTheDay