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Call Number:

PH-02660

Collection Name:

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey Photography Collection

Creator:

Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)

No. of Items:

10 items

Span Dates:

1842-1843

Description:

The collection consists of ten photographs by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (French, 1804-1892). Item-level information, with descriptive titles from Helmut Gernsheim's original inventory and/or inscribed titles, follows.

964:0020:0120 -- Portal of Cathedral and statue, Genoa, 1842. Daguerreotype, 23.8 x 9.2 cm (9 3/8 x 3 5/8 inches) (whole plate) (visible image); 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 inches) (overall dimensions);

964:0020:0121 -- 14. Rome. 1842. Forum. Port. Pres du Palais de neron, 1842. Daguerreotype, 9.2 x 23.9 cm (3 5/8 x 9 7/16 inches) (whole plate) (visible image); 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 inches) (overall dimensions);

964:0020:0122 -- Rome, Church of S. Luigi, 1842. Daguerreotype, 23.9 x 9.1 cm (3 9/16 x 9 7/16 inches) (whole plate) (visible image); 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 inches) (overall dimensions);

964:0020:0123 -- 139. Kaire. 1843. G.S. Kalaoun, 1843. Daguerreotype, 23.9 x 9.2 cm (9 7/16 x 3 5/8 inches) (whole plate) (visible image); 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 inches) (overall dimensions);

964:0020:0124 -- 300. Baalbec. Petit temple de S.E., circa 1843. Daguerreotype, 24 x 9.3 cm (9 7/16 x 3 11/16 inches) (whole plate) (visible image); 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 inches) (overall dimensions);

964:0020:0125 -- Athens, church of S. Theodore, 1842. Daguerreotype, 17.4 x 22.8 cm (6 7/8 x 9 inches) (whole plate) (visible image); 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 inches) (overall dimensions);

964:0020:0126 -- Athens, gate of the marketplace, 1842. Daguerreotype, 17.4 x 22.8 cm (6 7/8 x 9 inches) (whole plate) (visible image); 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 inches) (overall dimensions);

964:0020:0127 -- Etruscan tombs at Castel d’Asso, 1842. Daguerreotype, 18.1 x 24 cm (7 1/8 x 9 7/16 inches) (whole plate) (visible image); 35.5 x 27.8 cm (14 x 10 15/16 inches) (overall dimensions);

964:0020:0128 -- 101. Athenes.1842. Anc. Cathedrale. Details, 1842. Daguerreotype, 17.4 x 22.8 cm (6 7/8 x 9 inches) (whole plate) (visible image); 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 inches) (overall dimensions);

964:0020:0129 -- Athens, two views of the Acropolis on one plate, 1842. Daguerreotype, 17.4 x 22.8 cm (6 7/8 x 9 inches) (whole plate) (visible image); 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 inches) (overall dimensions).

Accession No(s):

964:0020:0120-0129; Purchase, 1963

Location(s):

Daguerreotype Box 16 (964:0020:0120-0124, 0127)
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Daguerreotype Box 17 (964:0020:0125)
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Daguerreotype Box 18 (964:0020:0126)
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Daguerreotype Box 19 (964:0020:0128)
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Daguerreotype Box 20 (964:0020:0129)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)
Title	7. Genes. 1842. Cathedrale. Portail et m[illegible]
Date	1842
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	23.8 x 9.2 cm; 9 2/5 x 3 3/5 in (whole plate)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0120

Artist/Maker	Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)
Title	14. Rome. 1842. Forum. port. pres du Palais de neron
Date	1842
Medium	Daguerreotype, bare plate
Dimensions	9.4 x 24.1 cm; 3 11/16 x 9 1/2 in (whole plate); 9.4 x 24.1 cm; 3 7/10 x 9 1/2 in (whole plate)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0121

Artist/Maker	Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)
Title	17. Rome. 1842. Eglise S’Louis
Date	1842
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	23.9 x 9.1 cm; 9 2/5 x 3 3/5 in (whole plate)
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0122

Artist/Maker	Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)
Title	Cairo, minaret of mosque Kalaun
Date	1843
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	24.5 x 9.3 cm; 9 3/5 x 3 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0123

Artist/Maker	Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)
Title	Baalbec (small temple of Jupiter)
Date	circa 1843
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	24.5 x 9.3 cm; 9 3/5 x 3 7/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0124

Artist/Maker	Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)
Title	[Athens, church of S. Theodore]
Date	1842.
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	17.5 x 22.7 cm; 6 9/10 x 8 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0125

Artist/Maker	Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)
Title	[Athens, gate of the marketplace]
Date	1842.
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	17.5 x 22.7 cm; 6 9/10 x 8 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0126

Artist/Maker	Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)
Title	Etruscan tombs at Castel d’Asso
Date	1842
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	18.7 x 24.2 cm; 7 2/5 x 9 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0127

Artist/Maker	Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)
Title	[Athens cathedral, detail]
Date	1842.
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	17.5 x 22.7 cm; 6 9/10 x 8 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0128

Artist/Maker	Girault de Prangey, Joseph-Philibert (1804 - 1892)
Title	[Athens, two views of the Acropolis on one plate]
Date	1842.
Medium	Daguerreotype
Dimensions	17.5 x 22.7 cm; 6 9/10 x 8 9/10 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0020:0129

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