JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892)
JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892)

82. Fenêtre, clocher, Cornéto, [1842]

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JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892)
82. Fenêtre, clocher, Cornéto, [1842]
daguerreotype
titled and numbered in ink on a label (affixed to verso)
7½ x 9½in. (19 x 24cm.)
Further details
In this plate, Girault de Prangey contrasts the different architectural styles within one building in the Italian town of Cornéto, now Tarquinia. The bell tower on the left hand side is Romanesque in character, while the window on the right has clear Byzantine-Arabic influences.

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