Girls in bonnets from Portland, Maine, I guess 1850s or early 1860s.

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September

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Girl with large book, early 1850s

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August

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Eugénie de Montijo with her son, 1858

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August

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Curmudgeonly gentleman, 1850s (Mirror Image Gallery)

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August

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Vue intérieure d’une galerie du cloître, église Saint-Pierre (Moissac), 1851 by Gustave Le Gray.

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August

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Northern facade of the château de Chenonceau, 1851, by Gustave Le Gray. (:Look at the statues:)

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August

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And the man himself: Gustave Le Gray. Rather large amount of his photographs on the way!

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August

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Another 1850s Le Gray portrait, of Victor Cousin.

04

August

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Empress Eugenie, 1856, portrait by Le Gray.

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August

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Central Portal of the Church of Saint-Jacques in Aubeterre, France, 1851. Photograph by Gustave Le Gray.

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August

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