Punch,  11 (1846), 211.

The "Light of all Nations"

Anon

Genre:

Reportage, Drollery

Subjects:

Astronomy, Photography


    Reports that the sun's recent obscurity has been attributed to the fact that it has been '"used up" by the Daguerrotypes'.



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