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JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY
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JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY

188. Kaire. G.[mr] Ebn Touloun. nef Intér.[ieur]

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JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY
188. Kaire. G.[mr] Ebn Touloun. nef Intér.[ieur]
Daguerreotype. n.d.[1843] Titled and numbered in ink on label on verso.
3¾ x 3¼in. (9.5 x 8.2cm.)
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Lot Essay

The first in a sequence of smaller format views of Ibn Tulun, this view shows the extent of decay to one of the main aisles between the arched porticoes. The light casts deep black shadows across the interior space while simultaneously revealing the solid depth of the arcades. Sunlight picks out just enough detail for the viewer to glimpse the broken rubble piled up in the interior. The overall effect is of a strikingly 'modern' architectural photograph.

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