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As in Italy and in Greece, his harvest of daguerreotypes remained impressive. In Egypt alone he made some 250 images, a corpus that constitutes the earliest and most comprehensive recorded from the land of the Pharaohs.
CHRISTOPHE DUTOIT
JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892)
87. Foûah, 1842. pris de l'Ile
Details
JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892)
87. Foûah, 1842. pris de l'Ile
daguerreotype
titled, dated and numbered in ink on a label (affixed to verso)
3¾ x 9½in. (9.5 x 24cm.)
87. Foûah, 1842. pris de l'Ile
daguerreotype
titled, dated and numbered in ink on a label (affixed to verso)
3¾ x 9½in. (9.5 x 24cm.)
Further details
One of only two similar studies in the archive, Fuwa is today a peninsula city on the widest section of the Rosetta branch of the Nile.
This stunning panorama epitomises the exotic appeal of the Egyptian landscape. Girault de Prangey captured this scene at a transitional time for the Middle East, which was fast becoming a significant centre for world trade.
This stunning panorama epitomises the exotic appeal of the Egyptian landscape. Girault de Prangey captured this scene at a transitional time for the Middle East, which was fast becoming a significant centre for world trade.