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Voyages Pittoresques
Lithography (printing from a stone with a drawing
made from a greasy material) was discovered in
Germany only at the end of the eighteenth century
and was still a new, experimental art form in
Daguerre's youth. Again, we find the young
Daguerre in the vanguard. His "Entrance to the
Church of the Holy Sepulcre" was published in 1819
as part of le comte de Forbin's 78 plate Voyage dans
le Levant (Voyage to the Orient). This was one of the
most important of the early lithographic collections in
France, gathering together, among the many early
lithographic draftsmen, the co-inventors of the
Diorama, Daguerre and Bouton.
The most impressive lithographic publication,
however, was Voyages pittoresques et romantiques
dans I'ancienne France (Picturesque and Romantic
Travels in Old France), a vast series of nearly 3,000
plates issued in 20 odd volumes between 1820 and
1878 by Baron Isidore Taylor, Charles Nodier and
Alphonse de Cailleux. The Romantic movement is
epitomized by the gothic ruins and travel views in
Voyages pittoresques.
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