Girault de Prangey 1804-1892 photographer. still image graphic still image Daguerreotypes. Cityscapes. ua 1842 monographic 1842. fre 1 photograph : half plate daguerreotype ; 12 x 18,5 cm

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Item. 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. No Known Copyright 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 مسجد النبي دانيال (الإسكندرية) Islamic architecture Mosques Egypt Alexandria Photographs Alexandria Photographs aacr rda QAFCL 170618 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng