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Desert near Alexandria (74. Près d’Alexandrie. Le désert. 1842.)
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Daguerreotype
Rights: Public Domain
Photographs, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Philippe de Montebello Fund Mr. and Mrs. John A. Moran Gift in memory of Louise Chisholm Moran Joyce F. Menschel and Annette de la Renta Gifts and funds from various donors 2016 (2016.97)
Title: Desert near Alexandria (74. Près d’Alexandrie. Le désert. 1842.)
Description:
Daguerreotype.
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