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Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne de Boulogne|Adrien Tournachon

Figure 81: Lady Macbeth, moderate expression of cruelty

1854–56, printed 1862
Albumen silver print from glass negative
28.4 × 22.7 cm (11.2 × 8.9 in)

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