Sale 2396
New York
|
7 October 2010
Price realised
USD 80,500
Estimate
JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY (1804-1892) 210. Jérusalem. Dét[ail] Porte Egl[ise] du S[aint] Sép[ulcre] [1844] daguerreotype titled and numbered in ink on a label (affixed to verso) manufacturer's rosette stamp in bottom right corner (recto) 7½ x 9½in. (19 x 24cm.)
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An exceptional large-format close-up study of ornamental carvings at the entrance to one of the most important buildings of the city of Jerusalem.
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