Ponte Rotto, Rome, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, 1842

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Ponte Rotto, Rome, 1842, Daguerreotype, Image: 3 3/4 × 9 7/16 in. ( × 24 cm), Photographs, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (French, 1804–1892), An artist and historian of Islamic architecture, Girault de Prangey first learned the daguerreotype process in 1841 in his native Langres, France. A year later he embarked on a two-year voyage to study major archaeological sites in the Mediterranean and Near East, producing in the process some of the earliest known photographs of Italy

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Size: 6400px × 3314px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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