Examine Delaroche’s painting for attention to detail. This is a gigantic work, much larger than any photograph could be at mid-nineteenth century. Every fi gure is reproduced with the same sharpness,...

Examine Delaroche’s painting for attention to detail. This is a gigantic work, much larger than any photograph could be at mid-nineteenth century. Every fi gure is reproduced with the same sharpness, from foreground to background. To what extent is that approach to sharpness of focus like or unlike what might have been achieved by a photograph of this scene?