Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

French Daguerreotypist · 1804–1892

32 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture

Until recently, pioneering daguerreotypist Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey was unknown in the world of fine-art photography. His extraordinary images were discovered in a storeroom of his estate in the 1920s and only made known some eighty years later. Girault de Prangey studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and learned daguerreotypy in 1841, the same year inventor Louis-Jacque

100. Un Iwân, à Damas

100. Un Iwân, à Damas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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12. Intérieur, Mosquée d’Ibn Toûloûn

12. Intérieur, Mosquée d’Ibn Toûloûn

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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22. Cour de la Mosquée el Ahzar, au Kaire

22. Cour de la Mosquée el Ahzar, au Kaire

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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4. Mosquée d’Amrou, au Kaire

4. Mosquée d’Amrou, au Kaire

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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59. Plan et details, Château d’Alep

59. Plan et details, Château d’Alep

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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88. Une rue, à Rosette

88. Une rue, à Rosette

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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98. Mosquée Nabédémiane, à Alexandrie

98. Mosquée Nabédémiane, à Alexandrie

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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Alep

Alep

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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Apse, Basilica San Pietro, Toscanella (Tuscania) (43. Toscanella. Eglise de S. Pietro. Apside.)

Apse, Basilica San Pietro, Toscanella (Tuscania) (43. Toscanella. Eglise de S. Pietro. Apside.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1842

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Athènes. T.[emple] de Min.[erve] Poliade (1er plans) / [Cistern opening at the foot of the Erectheion, Acropolis, Athens.]

Athènes. T.[emple] de Min.[erve] Poliade (1er plans) / [Cistern opening at the foot of the Erectheion, Acropolis, Athens.]

Getty Museum · 1842

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Capital, Greco-Roman Theater, Miletus (71. Milet. Théatre ant. chap.)

Capital, Greco-Roman Theater, Miletus (71. Milet. Théatre ant. chap.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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Central Pavilion of the Palace of the Tuileries

Central Pavilion of the Palace of the Tuileries

Getty Museum · about 1841

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Facade and North Colonnade of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens

Facade and North Colonnade of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens

Getty Museum · 1842

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Frieze on the Tower of the Winds, Athens

Frieze on the Tower of the Winds, Athens

Getty Museum · 1842

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Hexagonal Court, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek (290. Baalbec. 1843. Cour Hexagone.)

Hexagonal Court, Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek (290. Baalbec. 1843. Cour Hexagone.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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Interior of the Circular Temple, Baalbek

Interior of the Circular Temple, Baalbek

Getty Museum · 1844

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Kaire. Mouristan. Det.[ail]

Kaire. Mouristan. Det.[ail]

Getty Museum · 1843

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Lotus Columns at Gournah

Lotus Columns at Gournah

Getty Museum · 1842–1843

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Mosquée, au Kaire

Mosquée, au Kaire

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1843

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Mosquée de Cordoue and La Giralda et l'Alcazar de Séville

Mosquée de Cordoue and La Giralda et l'Alcazar de Séville

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · [1837]

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Ponte Rotto (Pons Aemilius), Rome (31. Rome. 1842. Ponte Rotto.)

Ponte Rotto (Pons Aemilius), Rome (31. Rome. 1842. Ponte Rotto.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1842

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Sculptural Relief of Victory from the Temple of Victory, the Acropolis, Athens

Sculptural Relief of Victory from the Temple of Victory, the Acropolis, Athens

Getty Museum · 1842

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Temple and Date Palms, Philae (236. Philé T. découvert et P. dattiers)

Temple and Date Palms, Philae (236. Philé T. découvert et P. dattiers)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1844

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The Chalet

The Chalet

Getty Museum · 1841

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The Erechtheion on the Acropolis, Athens

The Erechtheion on the Acropolis, Athens

Getty Museum · 1842

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The Great Square Court, Baalbek

The Great Square Court, Baalbek

Getty Museum · 1843

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[The Northwestern area of the Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem]

[The Northwestern area of the Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem]

Getty Museum · about 1842

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The Probatic Pool, Jerusalem

The Probatic Pool, Jerusalem

Getty Museum · 1844

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The Temple of Vesta, Rome

The Temple of Vesta, Rome

Getty Museum · 1842

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The Tower of the Winds, Athens

The Tower of the Winds, Athens

Getty Museum · 1842

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Vieux Kaire Cactus raquette

Vieux Kaire Cactus raquette

Getty Museum · 1842

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Western Approach to the Acropolis, Athens (49. Athènes. 1842. Acropole. Côté O.)

Western Approach to the Acropolis, Athens (49. Athènes. 1842. Acropole. Côté O.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1842

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