Louis-Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (1826-1900), Photographers

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Louis-Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (1826-1900), Photographers

No.5 Savoie - Vallée de Chamonix (Vue du Glacier); and No.11 Savoie - Le Mont Blanc (Vue de Planpraz)

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Louis-Auguste Bisson (1814-1876) and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson (1826-1900), Photographers
No.5 Savoie - Vallée de Chamonix (Vue du Glacier); and No.11 Savoie - Le Mont Blanc (Vue de Planpraz)
with photographer's blindstamp, stamped 'Bisson frères' and with inscriptions as titled on the mounts
mounted albumen prints
unframed
the photographs 13 1/8 x 17 5/8in. (33.3 x 44.8cm.); 9 3/8 x 15¼in. (23.8 x 44.7cm.) (2)

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Please note the full inscription on the second image reads 'No.11 Savoie - Le Mont Blanc (Vue de Planpraz)'.

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Lot Essay

In 1860, the Bisson frères accompanied Napoleon III to Chamonix on a photographic expedition to commemorate the reuniting of Savoy to France, their work on the expedition resulting in a portfolio of views of Savoy from which the present two images are taken.

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