Silver mirrors
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Limestone formation. Landscape in the Bernese Jura, 1845-1850 8.2 x 9.3 cm -
The Schilthof, Basel, 1845-1850 8.1 x 9.4 cm -
The Fish Market Fountain, Basel, 1849-1850 9.4 x 8cm -
Limestone formation. Landscape in the Bernese Jura, 1845-1850 9.3 x 7.8 cm -
Alpine huts, 1845-1850 8.2 x 9.3 cm -
Statue of Rudolf Erlach (1299-1360), Bern, 1849-1850 9.4 x 8 cm -
Part of the Rocks of St John, between Roches and Courrendlin in what is today canton Jura, 1845-1850 9.1 x 7 cm -
St Paul's Gate or the Spalentor, Basel, 1845-1850 9.4 x 8 cm -
Hotel Bären at Obere Gasse, Meiringen in the Bernese Oberland, 1845-1850 8.1 x 9.3 cm -
Limestone formation between Moutier and Roches. 1845-1850 9.4 x 7.8 cm -
The church in Avrigney, Haute-Saône (France), 1840-1850 9.5 x 7.8 cm -
A barn in front of a rock face, 1845-1850 8 x 9.3 cm -
Glacier, Mont-Blanc massif (France) , 1845-1850 7.9 x 9.3 cm -
Rockface, Swiss or French Alps, 1845-1850 9.4 x 8.1 cm -
View of the Faulhorn from the ferry landing in Interlaken, 1845-1850 8.1 x 9.4 cm -
Section of the old town of Bern along the River Aare, 1845-1850 7.9 x 9.2 cm -
East wing of the Chateau de l'Aile in Vevey, 1846-1850 9.4 x 8 cm -
Bridge over the River Birs at the exit of the Court canyon, 1845-1850 7.9 x 9.3 cm
Daguerreotypes by Girault de Prangey.
This content was published on February 9, 2009 - 10:47
In 1839 the French artist and chemist Louis Daguerre invented the process that bears his name – the daguerreotype. French photographer Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey travelled extensively, producing almost a thousand of these images. Curators at the Musée gruérien in Bulle, canton Fribourg, recently rediscovered and put together a collection of 61 of these daguerreotypes showing views of Switzerland and France during the 19th century.
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