I just changed devices - and my photos are gone - I think they are backed up on the cloud - how would I know

I recently changed devices - my old device had 1200 photo's on it and I believe it was backed up to the cloud. My old device now has 0 photo's on it and I can't seem to restore to it. Help.

1.) Thank you.
2.) Your answer is partially correct - well mostly.
While I was waiting I tripped over an old question on the icloud community about restoring an iPhone 4 from the cloud. I could see that the bulk of my 5gb was backup and surmised that most was photos - so as the iPhone 4 question stated the phone needed to be reset and  then restored from the cloud. Doing this, allows you to see the different backups that went to the cloud and dates. The concept was from the old IOS - (this is for iOS version 8.1) Tap Settings > General > Reset > all content and settings . Once done, restore from your cloud backup.
I want to back this phone up to the computer one last time with the photos sent to the cloud - and then wipe it again and set it up as a spare.
So you see, your answer was mostly correct - Wipe and restore from the cloud. The photo's are downloading as I write this and I believe I am still in the 30 window for camera roll.as well.

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