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View taken from Montenvers, Savoie, France
View taken from Montenvers, Savoie, France

View taken from Montenvers, Savoie, France

Original Language TitleSavoie 5, Vallée de Chamonix, Vue prise du Montenvers
Artist Bisson Frères (French, Auguste-Rosalie (1826-1900); Louis-Auguste (1814-1876))
Date1858
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 13 1/16 × 15 15/16 inches (33.17 × 40.46 cm)
Mount: 17 1/2 × 23 9/16 inches (44.45 × 59.84 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.28.3
SignedOn image recto, lower left corner, stamped in red ink: "FBF"; Stamp on mount recto, lower right, in red ink: "Bisson fréres"
Inscribednone
MarkingsBlind stamp on mount recto, bottom: "PHOTOGRAPHES / DE / S.M. L'EMPEREUR"
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DescriptionScenic image overlooking town in valley between steep mountains; a narrow body of water winds through the center with sharp rocks and ice in foreground.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
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