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

189. Kaire. G.[mr] Ebn Touloun. Minaret.

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JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY
189. Kaire. G.[mr] Ebn Touloun. Minaret.
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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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Ostensibly a view of the base of the minaret including the external staircase, this image is perhaps as interesting to modern eyes for the inclusion of the two figures. Their dark forms punctuate the light area of the blank wall in a similar way to the dark windows and shadows in the walls above, while adding a human dimension both literally and socially.

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