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| Dates: | 1807, 15 February - 1873, 24 July | | Born: | France, Neuilly | | Died: | France, Neuilly | | Active: | France | | Gender: | Male |
French optical instrument maker, photographer and publisher. Soon after the announcement of photography in 1839 he sent Daguerreotypists around the world to photograph the wonders of the globe. The resulting images were converted into engravings and published in Excursions daguerriennes: Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe (1842).
Sets of the book Excursions daguerriennes: Vues et monuments les plus remarquables du globe are available online at:
Musée français de la Photographie (Inventory no: 2004.16.1)
New York Public Library (Image id: 1690382 )Preparing biographies | | Portraits
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