| Names: | Other: Giraud de Prangey
Other: Joseph Pholbert Girault de Parangey
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| | Dates: | 1804 - 1892 | | Born: | France, Haute-Marne, Langres | | Died: | France, Haute-Marne, Langres | | Active: | France / Italy / Greece / Egypt / Turkey / Syria / Asia Minor / Palestine |
In 1842 he set off on a tour of Italy, Greece and the Middle East taking between 800 and 900 daguerreotypes of ancient monuments.
Girault de Prangey (1804-1892): dessins, peintures, photographies, études historiques, (Langres: Musées de Langres/D. Guéniot, 1998) [Exhibition catalogue]Preparing biographies
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• Naef, Weston 2004 Photographers of Genius at the Getty (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum) [For this photographer there is a description and three sample photographs from the Getty collection. p.20-23]
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