BISSON FRÈRES (LOUIS-AUGUSTE BISSON, 1814–1876 AND AUGUSTE-ROSALIE BISSON, 1826–1900)

BISSON FRÈRES (LOUIS-AUGUSTE BISSON, 1814–1876 AND AUGUSTE-ROSALIE BISSON, 1826–1900)

LE MONT BLANC ET GLACIER DES BOSSONS, c.1862. Albumen print from a glass negative, mounted to period album page, image size 27.5 x 44cm, mount size 55 x 68.5cm, red facsimile signature stamp lower right margin, 'FBF' monogram blindstamp lower left image, titled in pencil 'Savoie 2.- Mont Blanc et glacier des Bossons' lower right mount edge.

Prints of this image are held in the collections of Bibliothèque Nationale de France [ref.45187447], The Metropolitan Museum of Art [ref.150.1964], and The Museum of Fine Arts Houston [ref.2004.311].

Literature:

Aubenas, Des Photographes pour l’empereur: Les albums de Napoléon III. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 2004, pl. 52.