Engraving of one of the first photographs of the Muslim cemetery of Damascus. Daguerreotype photograph taken by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Gustave_Joly_de_Lotbini%C3%A8re" class="extiw" title="en:Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière">Pierre-Gustave Joly</a> (Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière) in March, 1840. Engraved by Antoine Jean Weber. Published in <i>Excursions daguerriennes</i>, Noël Paymal Lerebours publisher, in 1841.<br><br>Excerpts from the accompanying text, written by Pierre-Gustave Joly, published in <i>Excursions daguerriennes</i> (this text is in the public domain, like the image):<br>"[...] This plate shows only a small part of the Muslim cemetery of Damas. The mosque in the center is the tomb of a prince; the grilled cages surround and protect the graves of the rich; the numerous tumular stones mark the graves of the poor, and are often walked on by the passers-by. [...] In the background, the Anti-Lebanon Mountains can be seen [...] "
Photographer: <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave_Joly_de_Lotbini%C3%A8re&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaspard-Pierre-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (page does not exist)">Pierre-Gustave Joly</a> (1798-1865)<br>Engraver: Antoine Jean Weber (1797-1875)
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