[In the Mosque of the Damegan/The Eunuchs], 1850s, Albumen silver print from paper negative, 16.3 x 23.2 cm. (6 7/16 x 9 1/8 in.), Photographs, Possibly by Luigi Pesce (Italian, 1818–1891), With unique authority, the camera offered nineteenth-century viewers an evocative glimpse of faraway sights and exotic peoples. Luigi Pesce, a Neapolitan who became commander in chief of the Persian infantry in 1848, made photographs depicting both ancient Persian architecture and a living courtly society facing imminent change
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Mosque, Damegan/ Eunuchs, 1850s, Albumen silver print, paper negative, 16.3 x 23.2 cm, 6, 7/16, x 9, 1/8, Photographs, possibly, by Luigi Pesce, Italian, 1818–1891, unique, authority, camera offered, nineteenth-century, viewers, evocative glimpse, faraway sights, exotic peoples, Luigi, Neapolitan, commander, chief, Persian infantry, 1848, photographs depicting, ancient Persian, architecture, living courtly, society, facing, imminent, change
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