Monsieur Itier's Cange Under Sail on the Nile 1845–46 Andre-Victor-Alcide-Jules Itier French Itier, an inspector general in the French State Customs Service, set sail for China in December 1843, carrying with him a complete daguerreotype outfit. From China he traveled to the Philippines, Java, Borneo, and Indochina, before beginning the long return voyage via Singapore, Ceylon, India, Aden, the Red Sea, and, finally, Egypt. While in Cairo in November 1845, Itier bought thirty new copper plates and boarded a cangia to sail up the Nile to ’s daguerreotypes are often difficult to see,
Monsieur Itier's Cange Under Sail on the Nile 1845–46 Andre-Victor-Alcide-Jules Itier French Itier, an inspector general in the French State Customs Service, set sail for China in December 1843, carrying with him a complete daguerreotype outfit. From China he traveled to the Philippines, Java, Borneo, and Indochina, before beginning the long return voyage via Singapore, Ceylon, India, Aden, the Red Sea, and, finally, Egypt. While in Cairo in November 1845, Itier bought thirty new copper plates and boarded a cangia to sail up the Nile to ’s daguerreotypes are often difficult to see, partly a result of inadequate polishing. Despite such faults, his remarkable images are among our earliest photographic records of places far away from the birthplace of the Monsieur Itier's Cange Under Sail on the Nile. Andre-Victor-Alcide-Jules Itier (French, 1805–1877). 1845–46. Daguerreotype. Photographs
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