DIORAMA DE DAGUERRE - PARIS (75) - "View of the water tower, with the DIORAMA DE DAGUERRE (Place de la République)". c.1823. Etching. Paper laid. Plate 15 of the series of 25 pieces "View of Paris", published by Alexandre Tessier. In Paris, by Alexandre Tessier, Suc. By Mrs Ve. Chereau, rue St Jacques n°10. Margins. The Diorama opened in Paris in 1822, rue Samson, behind the Château-d'Eau, by Daguerre and Bouton, who were its inventors. The laboratory was destroyed by fire in March 1839. 29 x 42 cm - Condition A (Some stains and freckles in the margins).