Bisson Frères
Fragment of the Southern Portal, Nôtre-Dame Cathedral

Fragment of the Southern Portal, Nôtre-Dame Cathedral

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Fragment of the Southern Portal, Nôtre-Dame Cathedral
ArtistFrench, active 1841–1971
ArtistFrench, 1814–1876
ArtistFrench, 1826–1900
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Fragment of the Southern Portal, Nôtre-Dame Cathedral
  • Fragment du Portail Méridional
Datec. 1860s
PlaceFrance
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass plate negative
Dimensionsimage/sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/8 inches (35 × 23.8 cm)
 mount: 21 5/8 × 14 3/16 inches (54.9 × 36.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Louisa Stude Sarofim Charitable Trust, courtesy of Mary Lawrence Porter
Object number95.230
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Robert Hershkowitz Limited, England, United Kingdom]; purchased by MFAH, 1995.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: On the sheet; verso bottom left: "paris, A Morelediteur, rue Ste Anne, 18"; bottom right: "Bisson Freres Photog.-Imp. Lemercier, Paris"; center: "Fragment Du Portail Meridional"; in pencil, top right: "16".
The photograph is not signed or dated.

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