Rome, View from the Bell Tower of San Maria in Cosmedino
0000; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Resumo
Rome, View from the Bell Tower of San Maria in Cosmedino. In the Foreground the Temple of Vesta, 1840. Daguerreotype by Lorenzo Suscipi. One of a Series of Topographical and Architectural Views Which Are among the Earliest Known Photographs of Italy. Alexander J. Ellis (1814-1890) Wanted to Use the Works of Suscipi and Achille Morelli to Augment His Proposed Publication Called 'Italy Daguerreotyped'. The Daguerreotype Process Was One of Two Pioneering Photographic Processes Announced in 1839. Each Image Is a Direct Positive Produced on Sensitised Metal Plates in a Long and Complex Procedure. National Media Museum / Science & Society Picture Library. Daguerreotype. Photographer: Lorenzo Suscipi.
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