Image: View of Whitehall from Trafalgar Square which is blurred with pedestrian and carriage traffic, London, 1839

Description: View of Whitehall from Trafalgar Square, 1839 Daguerreotype by M de St Croix. This is one of the earliest daguerreotype photographs of England, taken when Frenchman M de St Croix was in London demonstrating Louis Daguerre’s pioneering photographic process during September and December 1839. The statue in the foreground is Le Sueur’s statue of Charles I on horseback, and in the distance Inigo Jones’ Banqueting House - practically everything else shown in the image has subsequently disappeared. The image has been reversed to show the scene as it was, as daguerreotypes only produce reversed views.
Title: View of Whitehall from Trafalgar Square which is blurred with pedestrian and carriage traffic, London, 1839
Credit: Original publication: 1800s Immediate source: http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O69110/parliament-street-from-trafalgar-square-daguerreotype-de-ste-croix/
Author: M de St Croix (Life time: Unknown)
Permission: Out of Copyright due to age
Usage Terms: Public domain in the United States
License: PD-US
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