Horse and boy image that changes history of photography

SOTHEBY’S have given the autograph documentation and picture, right, a hefty estimate of €500,000-750,000 for a very good reason: the picture is now thought to be the earliest image made by photographic means.

Dated to 1825, a year earlier than the process had previously been thought to have been developed, t…

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