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الوصف
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Girault de Prangey's daguerreotypes, taken during his photographic excursion around the eastern Mediterranean in 1842, are the earliest surviving photographs depicting Egypt and the Middle East. Three years later, in 1845, he was back in France with almost one thousand daguerreotypes. Out of these, he considered part of his archaeological fieldwork, he realized the lithographs illustrating the renowned book Monuments arabes d’Égypte, de Syrie et d’Asie mineure, dessinés et mesurés de 1842 à 1845., Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is titled and numbered (96) on the back of the plate., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.HP.2018.0254, 2-D Graphic, Item-ID: i25237445, BIB-ID: 2686959 |
