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Bisson frères
(Louis Auguste & August Rosalie 1814-1876, 1826-1900)View of the Mer de Glace glacier, Mont Blanc massif

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Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

View of the Mer de Glace glacier, Mont Blanc massif. 1860. Large-format albumen print, mounted to card. 23,4 x 39,5 cm (mount 40,6 x 55,5 cm). With the photographers' studio stamp in red ink below the image on the mount.

This photograph belongs to the celebrated Alpine campaign undertaken by Bisson Frères in the late 1850s and early 1860s, among the earliest sustained efforts to photograph the high Alps at extreme altitude. Depicting the Mer de Glace glacier framed by the jagged peaks of the Mont Blanc massif, the image emphasizes the vast scale and geological drama of the glacial landscape. Characteristic of the Bissons’ work, it combines topographical precision with a Romantic sensibility, playing a key role in establishing mountain photography as both scientific record and aesthetic expression.