286. Baalbec. 1843 Peristyle.

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JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY
286. Baalbec. 1843 Peristyle.
Panoramic daguerreotype. Titled, dated and numbered in ink on label on verso.
3¾ x 9½in. (9.5 x 24cm.)

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The peristyle is strictly the range of columns surrounding a building or court. In the absence of the peristyle itself, this photograph seems instead to focus on the mass and volume of the stone blocks used in the construction of the walls of the temple of Jupiter.

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