Palace of the Marquis del Apartado and the Convent of the Enseñanza, Mexico City

Palace of the Marquis del Apartado and the Convent of the Enseñanza, Mexico City

Photograph

Jean François Prélier Duboille

Maker
French, active Mexico, 1839–1840

Palace of the Marquis del Apartado and the Convent of the Enseñanza, Mexico City

[Casa del Marqués del Apartado and the Convento de la Enseñanza La Antigua, Mexico City]


January 26, 1840
Daguerreotype
Image: 8 1/8 × 6 1/8 in. (20.7 × 15.5 cm) [whole plate]
Overall: 8 11/16 × 6 1/2 × 1/4 in. (22.1 × 16.5 × 0.7 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1969.0265.0204
Inscriptions Hallmark on plate, verso: Alphonse Giroux
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on original backing board, verso, T: plaque épaisse, non biseautée, marque Alph. Giroux \ rarissime épreuve de daguerréotype des tout premiers mois du procédé, \ avant le fixage à l'or.
Inscribed in pencil, original backing board, verso, BL and BR: 10D-532
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