[Entrance to the Port of Boulogne], 1855, Salted paper print from paper negative, 28.8 x 43.5 cm (11 5/16 x 17 1/8 in.), Photographs, Édouard Baldus (French, born Prussia, 1813–1889), Boulogne-sur-Mer, the terminus of the railroad line from Paris, was the gateway for trade and travel between Victorian England and Second Empire France. It was also the arrival point for Queen Victoria's state visit in 1855, and this exceptionally rich, subtle print comes from an album commissioned by Baron James de Rothschild, owner of the line, for presentation to the imperial court on that occasion
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