Artist Index: Bisson frères

Rouen, remains of the Abbey Saint-Armand. 1858. Large-format albumen print. 44 x 34,5 cm (mount 71 x 55 cm). Mounted to thick vellum (strong traces of use in edges, soiled, foxing, backed paper loss in upper edge), photographer's circular FBF monogram blindstamp in lower left corner, photographer's signature stamp below image in lower right on the mount (strongly faded) and Heinr. Schrag Buch- und Kunsthandlung Nürnberg blindstamp in upper right corner on the mount.

A few light surface scuff marks, a few minimal foxing spots, otherwise a strong print in very good condition.

Lit.: Die Brüder Bisson. Aufstieg und Fall eines Fotografenunternehmens im 19. Jahrhundert. Munich 1999. ill. p. 132.

Notre Dame, Paris. Circa 1856. Large-format salt print. 35,5 x 45 cm (mount 55 x 72 cm). Mounted to thick vellum (stronger traces of use in edges, soiled, foxing), photographer's signature stamp below image in lower right on the mount (faded) and Dépot général de photographies, 35 boulevard des capucines 33 et rue neuf st. augustin blindstamp below the image on the mount.

A rare large-format and exquisite salt print. – A few light spots in sky area, a few light surface scuff marks, otherwise a rich, strong print in near excellent condition.

Cathedral Saint Gatien, Les Tours. Circa 1857. Large-format albumen print. 44 x 34 cm (mount 71,5 x 54,5 cm). Mounted to thick vellum (strong traces of use in edges, soiled, foxing), photographer's circular FBF monogram blindstamp in lower left corner, photographer's signature stamp below image in lower right on the mount (strongly faded) and Heinr. Schrag Buch- und Kunsthandlung Nürnberg blindstamp in upper right corner on the mount.

A few light surface scuff marks, some light foxing/soiling spots, otherwise a strong print in very good condition.

Lit.: Die Brüder Bisson. Aufstieg und Fall eines Fotografenunternehmens im 19. Jahrhundert. Munich 1999. ill. p. 216, fig. 105.

Cloth Hall, Ypres. Circa 1857. Large-format albumen print. 33 x 44 cm (mount 55 x 72 cm). Mounted to thick vellum (traces of use in edges, soiled, foxing), photographer's signature stamp below image in lower right on the mount (faded) and Heinr. Schrag Buch- und Kunsthandlung Nürnberg blindstamp in upper right corner on the mount.

Some light foxing spots in sky area, a few surface scuff marks, otherwise a strong print in very good condition.

Lit.: Die Brüder Bisson. Aufstieg und Fall eines Fotografenunternehmens im 19. Jahrhundert. Munich 1999. ill, p. 146.

Town Hall and Square, Audenade. Circa 1858. Large-format albumen print. 31 x 44 cm (mount 55 x 72 cm). Mounted to thick vellum (traces of use in edges, soiled, foxing), photographer's signature stamp below image in lower right on the mount (faded) and Heinr. Schrag Buch- und Kunsthandlung Nürnberg blindstamp in upper right corner on the mount.

Some light foxing spots in sky area, a few surface scuff marks, otherwise a rich, strong print in very good condition.

Lit.: Die Brüder Bisson. Aufstieg und Fall eines Fotografenunternehmens im 19. Jahrhundert. Munich 1999. ill, p. 145.

Belfry of Bruges. Circa 1858. Large-format albumen print. 54,5 x 34,5 cm (mount 72 x 55 cm). Mounted to thick vellum (traces of use in edges, soiled, foxing), photographer's signature stamp below image in lower right on the mount (faded) and Heinr. Schrag Buch- und Kunsthandlung Nürnberg blindstamp in upper right corner on the mount.

Some light foxing spots in sky area, a few surface scuff marks, otherwise a rich, strong print in very good condition.

Lit.: Die Brüder Bisson. Aufstieg und Fall eines Fotografenunternehmens im 19. Jahrhundert. Munich 1999. ill, p. 143.

Angoulême Cathedral. Circa 1865. Large-format albumen print. 43 x 33 cm (mount 72 x 55 cm). Mounted to thick vellum (traces of use in edges, soiled, foxing), photographer's signature stamp below image in lower right on the mount (faded) and Heinr. Schrag Buch- und Kunsthandlung Nürnberg blindstamp in upper right corner on the mount.

A few light foxing spots in sky area, a few surface scuff marks, otherwise a rich, strong print in very good condition.

View of the Louvre over the Seine;View of Pont Neuf. Mid-1850s. 2 salt prints. 24 x 37 cm and 20,5 x 36,5. Each flush-mounted to card and mounted to board.

Slight fading, otherwise in very good condition.