JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892)

197. Samarie. Eglise. apside. [1844]

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JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892)
197. Samarie. Eglise. apside. [1844]
daguerreotype
titled and numbered in ink on a label (affixed to verso)
7½ x 4¾in. (19 x 12cm.)

Further details

This view is thought to be a detail from the cathedral in Sebastia, Samaria, built in the Roman style in 1187 by Crusaders who dedicated a large cathedral and smaller chapel to the relics of John the Baptist, traditionally (and mistakenly) thought to have been beheaded at this site.

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