Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey1841 (probably)
Self-portrait of Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey
Daguerreotype4 3/4 x 3 3/4 ins (12 x 9.5 cm)
Christie's - New YorkChristies - NY (Sale: 2396, Lot: 2 - Oct 7, 2010 - A Historic Photographic Grand Tour: Important Daguerreotypes by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey)
Compare: Mauron, Brandt, Dutoit and Henguely,
Miroirs d'Argent, Musée Gruérien, Editions Slatkine, 2008, p.35, for a variant in the collection of the BibliothÞque nationale de France.
(Alan Griffiths, 12 March 2022, addition based on email newsletter from Serge Plantureux)
Several close variant daguerrian self-portraits of the same pose exist, one at Bibliothèque Nationale.
"Girault de Prangey was introduced to the daguerreotype in 1841, probably in Paris. The first daguerreotypes he made and printed on plates that year were indeed views of Parisian monuments: Notre-Dame cathedral, Tuileries, Saint-Jacques tower, and the fountain of the Château d'eau. Unfortunately, due to a lack of documents, we do not know from whom he took lessons; we can at least assume that Hippolyte Bayard, a friend of Jules Ziegler, could have been his initiator…" (Sylvie Aubenas, La redécouverte d'un précurseur)
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