The Geography Lesson
By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide
The Geography Lesson
The Geography Lesson, daguerrotype by Antoine Francois Claudet, about 1850
Copyright (c) 2008 by Dover Publications, Inc., used with permission
Before girls could attend school, families that could afford tutors used them to educate daughters at home. In this mid 19th century daguerrotype by French photographer Antoine Claudet, who was active in photography in Great Britain, depicts a home lesson in geography.
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