PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art…

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PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.181, University of Georgia Press
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PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.181, University of Georgia Press

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