Monumental Journey: The Daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey

by Stephen C. Pinson

The first extensive exploration of the groundbreaking daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey, whose work features the earliest known images of the great monuments and sites of the eastern Mediterranean

In 1842, the pioneering French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804-1892) set out eastward across the Mediterranean with a custom-built camera to explore ancient lands that were largely unknown to the Western world. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588396630
• ISBN13: 9781588396631
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art New York
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.8" x 9.8"