Auguste-Rosalie Bisson
Le Mont Blanc et glacier des Bossons

ArtistFrench, 1826–1900
ArtistFrench, 1814–1876
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Le Mont Blanc et glacier des Bossons
Date1860
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 10 15/16 × 17 3/8 in. (27.8 × 44.1 cm)
Mount: 17 5/16 × 24 7/16 in. (44 × 62.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Manfred Heiting, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2004.311
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceLunn Ltd., Washington D. C.

Bought by Manfred Heiting from Christie's New York, on 5/6/1980.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
bottom right edge of mount in pencil "Le mont Blanc, dome et duguille du goutes, et glaciere des Bosson / 16 "
lower left corner of mount in pencil " 17[crossed through] "
Facsimile signature stamp in red on mount recto below lower right corner of image "Bisson Freres"
Blind stamp lower left corner of the image: " F[backwards] B F "

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