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Creation of View from the Window at Le Gras
- When
- June 4 to July 18, 1827
- Where
- Estate of Le Gras
Niépce created the oldest surviving photograph using heliography, depicting his estate at Saint-Loup-de-Varennes as seen from a high window.
The image was created by heliography, a process invented around 1822 that uses the hardening of bitumen in sunlight. Niépce used pewter plates to make the image more clearly visible. The photograph shows parts of the buildings and surrounding countryside of his estate, Le Gras, as seen from a high window.
Sources
- View from the Window at Le Gras Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-17
- Heliography Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-28
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