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Cleveland Museum of Art

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William Henry Fox Talbot — Sir Walter Scott's Monument, Edinburgh
William Henry Fox Talbot

Sir Walter Scott's Monument, Edinburgh

1844

Edinburgh's newly completed Gothic Revival spire stands as both architectural monument and testament to photography's emerging role in documenting 19th-century urban development.

Medium
salted paper print from calotype negative

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