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Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey

Ruins and Foreground, Acropolis, Athens (55. Athènes. 1842. Acropole. ruines et 1ers plans (pour tableau))

1842
Daguerreotype
9.4 × 24.1 cm (3.7 × 9.5 in)

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