This image is among the the very first Italian outdoor daguerreotypes and is dated on the verso of the mount: October 8th, 1839. Signed on the paper mat: "Jest à Turin" On the verso: "Dessin photographique d'aprés le procedé de M. Daguerre per Henri F. Jest opt., Mec. De l'Université R. Des Etudes à Turin rue Po N. 46"