Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome, 1842, Daguerreotype, Image: 9 7/16 × 3 3/4 in. (24 × 9.5 cm), Photographs, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (French, 1804–1892), An artist and historian of Islamic architecture, Girault de Prangey first learned the daguerreotype process in 1841 in his native Langres, France. A year later he embarked on a two-year voyage to study major archaeological sites in the Mediterranean and Near East, producing in the process some of the earliest known photographs of Italy
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Temple, Castor, Pollux, Rome, 1842, Daguerreotype, Image, 9 7/16, 3 3/4, 24, 9.5 cm, Photographs, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, French, 1804–1892, artist, historian, Islamic architecture, Girault de, Prangey, first, learned, daguerreotype process, 1841, native Langres, France, year later, embarked, two-year voyage, study major, archaeological, sites, Mediterranean, East, producing, process, earliest, photographs, Italy
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