Vue du Kremlin à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Bougeard imp. ; Hurlimann, sc. – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Vue du Kremlin à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Bougeard imp. ; Hurlimann, sc., a historic print rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Vue du Kremlin à Moscou / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; Bougeard imp. ; Hurlimann, sc.
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The Kremlin's walls and towers, rising above the Moscow River, are the subject of this plate, which was made from a daguerreotype rather than drawn by hand. It appeared as plate 53 in *Excursions Daguerriennes*, a Paris volume issued in 1842 by Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours, who used engraving to reproduce early photographs because printing presses could not yet print them directly. The image was etched and aquatinted, with Hurlimann and Bougeard credited on the plate, and colored by hand afterward. Those added tints are worth noticing, since they show how publishers softened the stark tones of the original daguerreotype for a book audience.
| Created / published | 1842 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching and aquatint, color, with hand-coloring. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1840-1850.Etchings Hand-colored 1840-1850.Aquatints Hand-colored 1840-1850. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Excursions Daguerriennes. Paris: Rittner et Goupil, etc., 1842, plate 53. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours. |
| Subjects | Kremlin (Moscow, Russia)--1840-1850. Forts & fortifications--Russia--Moscow--1840-1850. Towers--Russia--Moscow--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,501 × 3,616 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223015 |
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