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History of Photography

The Pencil of Nature (1844-46)

by William Henry Fox Talbot

Part II (cont.): PLATE XII. THE BRIDGE OF ORLEANS.

THIS view is taken from the southern bank of the river Loire, which passes Orleans in a noble stream.

A city rich in historical recollections, but at present chiefly interesting from its fine Cathedral; of which I hope to give a representation in a subsequent plate of this work.

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