Notre Dame de Poitiers (Vienne), West Facade

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Bisson Frères

Title

Notre Dame de Poitiers (Vienne), West Facade

Place

France (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1854–1855

Medium

Albumen print, from the album "Reproductions photographiques des plus beaux types d’architecture et de sculpture"

Inscriptions

Blind stamped recto, on image, lower left: "F[backwards]BF" [encircled]; inscribed recto, on mount, left center, sideways, below image, in graphite: "15"; recto, on mount, lower center, in graphite: "Ntr ["tr" in superscript/underlined] Dme ["me" in superscript/underlined] de_ Poitiere (vienne)"; stamped recto, on mount, lower right, below image, in red ink: "Bisson fréres" [underlined]; inscribed verso, on mount, lower right, in graphite: "11"

Dimensions

Image/paper: 36.3 × 44.9 cm (14 5/16 × 17 11/16 in.); Mount: 51.2 × 68.9 cm (20 3/16 × 27 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Photography Gallery Fund

Reference Number

1961.656

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