Pyramide de Cheops / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; imp. par Bougeard ; Riffaut, sc. – Antique Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Pyramide de Cheops / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; imp. par Bougeard ; Riffaut, sc.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Pyramide de Cheops / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; imp. par Bougeard ; Riffaut, sc.
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Among the early views of Egypt, this plate stands out for turning a daguerreotype into an engraved image: it reproduces the Great Pyramid of Giza as Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours recorded it, then translated it into etching and aquatint with hand-applied color. The plate appeared as plate 8 in *Excursions Daguerriennes*, published in Paris in 1842, one of the first books to present daguerreotype views to a broad public. Because the printed version relied on engraving rather than a direct photographic print, its fine tonal detail reflects the engraver's hand as much as the camera's.
| 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 8. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours. |
| Subjects | Great Pyramid (Egypt)--1840-1850. Pyramids--Egypt--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,692 × 3,733 px · prints to 16 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223007 |
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