"This photographic opus expresses the sublime beauty of the people, nature, and places of this legendary region of India. From palaces to singular creative interiors, this promenade through the myriad colors and traditional handicrafts of Rajasthan captures the idealized Western dream of the Orient" -- Publisher's description.

Illustrates the development and rapid spread of Louis Daguerre's photographic invention in France by a variety of daguerreotypes drawn from the collection of the Musee d'Orsay.

The essays in this volume grew out of a symposium at the University of Maryland's Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies and the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore.