Philibert Perraud (1815-1863) Lot n° 1

Portrait of Angelo M., probably Rome, 6 August 1845 Quarter-plate daguerreotype, signed in point on the plate, lower left angle, caption and date on paper label, verso. In the famous Summer days of 1839 when the proclamation of the invention of daguerreotype or heliography* was made by Arago and the first photographic workshop ever took place in Paris, among the public was Philibert Perraud who became an enthusiastic disciple and soon a missionary in Italy. In Rome, Perraud photographed French, Scandinavian and German artists, in Northern Italy, he pho­tographed prominent characters such as Angelo. (Gabriella Bologna and Ken Jacobson, The Itinerant Daguerreotypist, A Case Study in Pre-Unified Northern Italy, 2012). *Since 1839 - 180 years from now - supporters of Daguerre and supporters of Niepce argue on every single step of the invention. In the first ten or twelve years, supporters of Niepce refused to spell the odious name of Daguerre and favorished héliographie, traced with the sun, Société Héliographique, Mission Héliographique, etc... until in 1852, everybody adopted the word photography. The drypoint signature located in the embroidery pattern of the tablecloth, visible in low light / la firma a puntasecca si trova nel motivo di ricamo della tovaglia.