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William Henry Fox Talbot

Sir Walter Scott's Monument, Edinburgh; as it appeared when nearly finished, in October 1844

October 1844
Salted paper print, plate II from the album "Sun Pictures in Scotland" (1845)
19.6 × 15.5 cm (7.7 × 6.1 in)

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