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Excursions Daguerriennes / Vues et Monuments les plus Remarquables du Globe (Vol. 1)

1842

Noël Marie Lerebours

Associated Names

Noël Marie Lerebours

Artist, French, 1807 - 1873

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West Building Main Floor, Gallery M72

Artwork overview

Medium

bound volume with etchings, aquatints, lithographs, photogravures after daguerreotypes and text
Credit Line

Gift of Funds from W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg and Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
Dimensions

open: 26.5 × 76 cm (10 7/16 × 29 15/16 in.)
closed: 26.5 × 37 × 3.5 cm (10 7/16 × 14 9/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Accession Number

2023.33.5.1

This is a photograph of a book cover. The cover is dark with elaborate gold decorations. A central ornate gold design forms an oval frame around the words "EXCURSIONS DAGUERRIENNES." The gold embellishments include scrolling floral motifs, curving filigree patterns, and a central crown-like emblem at the top of the oval. The left side of the binding shows signs of wear. — Excursions Daguerriennes / Vues et Monuments les plus Remarquables du Globe (Vol. 2)

Noël Marie Lerebours

1844

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David Feigenbaum (1917-1999) Collection, Marblehead, MA. (Hans P. Kraus, Jr., New York); NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

H.P. Kraus, Inc.

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