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UPPER EGYPT AND THE NILE Following his sojourn in Asia Minor, Girault de Prangey returned to Egypt, this time concentrating his energies on the ancient sites along the Nile in Upper Egypt, as well as Cairo. He travelled south as far as Philae. His photographs from Upper Egypt are dated 1843 or 1844, as are his photographs from Syria, while his photographs from Palestine are dated 1844. It remains difficult to be sure in what order he visited the individual sites.

JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY

Untitled [Palm trees on the Nile]

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JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY
Untitled [Palm trees on the Nile]
Panoramic daguerreotype. n.d. [1843-44]
3¾ x 9½in. (9.3 x 24cm.)

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One of only two panoramas in the photographer's archive showing palm trees along the river Nile, this daguerreotype appears to have been exposed on half of the plate only, possibly with the intention of using the remainder of the plate again for another exposure. The distant palms create a thin black silhouette between the light bands of sky and water, using the elongated horizontal format to advantage.

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