A la Recontre des Glaciers des Bossons et du Taconnaz, Mont Blanc
Artist
Bisson Frères
(French, Auguste-Rosalie (1826-1900); Louis-Auguste (1814-1876))
Date1859
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 9 3/16 × 15 1/8 inches (23.34 × 38.42 cm)
Mount: 19 7/16 × 23 1/2 inches (49.37 × 59.69 cm)
Mount: 19 7/16 × 23 1/2 inches (49.37 × 59.69 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2008.67.1
SignedOn mount recto, lower right, in red ink: "ANE MON BISSON FRЀRES"
Inscribednone
MarkingsBlind stamp on mount recto, bottom center: "ANCIENNE MAISON BISSON FRERES / PARIS / PLACET / SUCC".
On View
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DescriptionImage of a group of climbers scaling a very large rocky and snowy glacier.
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