Arc de triomphe d'Orange / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; imp. par Bougeard ; Hürlimann, sc. – Historic 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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Arc de triomphe d'Orange / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; imp. par Bougeard ; Hürlimann, sc. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Arc de triomphe d'Orange / daguérreotype, Lerebours ; imp. par Bougeard ; Hürlimann, sc.
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The Arc de Triomphe at Orange, in southern France, is a Roman triumphal arch built around the turn of the first century, and this plate shows it as a daguérreotype-based engraving rather than a photograph itself. Nicolas-Marie Paymal Lerebours, a Paris optician and early daguerreotypist, produced the original image, which was then translated into etching and aquatint by a team of engravers and hand-colored for the book Excursions Daguerriennes, published in 1842. The result is one of the earliest attempts to reproduce photographic views in printed books, when the process still required skilled hands to turn a silvery plate into something that could be printed in quantity.
| 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 16. Print based on daguerreotype by N. P. Lerebours. |
| Subjects | Memorial arches--France--Orange--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,486 × 3,616 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223008 |
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