Tuesday 7 September 2010
Ron Brownson
I do not know who took the first photographs of Jerusalem but the work of the French daguerreotype artist Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (1804-1892) must be among some of the very earliest and most exceptional.
Christies New York are holding an important auction on 7 October 2010 titled A Historic Photographic Grand Tour: Important Daguerreotypes by Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey.
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/searchresults.aspxintSaleID=22822#action=refine&intSaleID=22822&sid=9c26b938-6538-4209-a124-54813e6e93a0
For everyone interested in the history of travel daguerreotypes from the earliest period, I recommend that they look at the catalogue which is available on line. It contains some of the earliest middle eastern photography known.