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Monsieur Girault de Prangey is making photographs here [in Rome] of everything that he can; all is captured: monuments, street scenes.... He claims extraordinary achievements with his sophisticated equipment.
VICTOR SCHNETZ,
DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMIE DE FRANCE, VILLA MEDICI
JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892)
28. Rome. 1842. Prise de la Colonne Trajane.
Details
JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892)
28. Rome. 1842. Prise de la Colonne Trajane.
daguerreotype
titled, dated and numbered in ink on a label (affixed to verso)
3¾ x 9½in. (9.5 x 24cm.)
28. Rome. 1842. Prise de la Colonne Trajane.
daguerreotype
titled, dated and numbered in ink on a label (affixed to verso)
3¾ x 9½in. (9.5 x 24cm.)
Further details
The ascent of Trajan's column (some 35 metres high) allowed Girault de Prangey an exceptional elevated vantage point from which to photograph this sweeping vista of the city with the imposing Coliseum as its focus.