An antique line engraving by Salathé from a Dagguerréotype published in 1842. . This engraving is the result of the labour of Parisian optician and early daguerréotypiste Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours. Lerebours operated an optical shop with partner Marc Secretan at the Pont-Neuf, creating lenses and other optical equipment for astronomical instruments. Being an optician in Paris at the turn of the 1840s, Lerebours naturally got caught up in the new photography craze and became an avid photographer.
Approx 20.5cms by 15cms.
