Excursions Daguerriennes. Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe

Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours French

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This print played an important role in popularizing the notion of the artist-daguerreotypist as trustworthy eyewitness. In March 1840, while Goupil-Fesquet and his teacher, Horace Vernet, were on a daguerreotype tour of Egypt and the Levant, a fake story circulated in the Parisian press claiming that Vernet had gained access to Muhammad ‘Ali’s harem. With this print and the accompanying text, Goupil-Fesquet aimed to prove, as "both ocular witness and daguerreotype operator," that they had seen only the guarded entrance.

Excursions Daguerriennes. Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe, Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours (French, 1807–1873), Etchings and aquatints

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Excursions Daguerriennes. Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe, Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours (French, 1807–1873), Etchings and aquatints
Excursions Daguerriennes. Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe, Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours (French, 1807–1873), Etchings and aquatints

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