Excursions Daguerriennes. Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe
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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Excursions Daguerriennes. Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe
- Artist: Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours (French, 1807–1873)
- Date: 1840s
- Medium: Etchings and aquatints
- Dimensions: 10 13/16 × 15 1/2 × 2 3/16 in. (27.5 × 39.3 × 5.5 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
- Object Number: 38.174
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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