Alpine Scene (The Wetterhorn?)

Bisson Frères, Artist Louis-Auguste Bisson, Artist
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Alpine Scene (The Wetterhorn?)

between 1861 and 1865

Bisson Frères (Artist) French, active 1841-1900 Louis-Auguste Bisson (Artist) French, 1814-1876

Albumen print

Image and sheet: 15 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (39.7 × 24.4 cm) Mount: 19 7/8 × 15 1/8 inches (50.5 × 38.4 cm)

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Gift of Wm B. Becker

F1983.173

Copyright not assessed, please contact [email protected].

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Inscribed, in pen and brown ink, on mount, below photograph: Suisse Wetterhorn de Chalet del aigle Stamped, in red ink, lower right of mount, just below photograph: Bisson Frères

Provenance

William B. Becker (Huntington Woods, Michigan, USA)

1983-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Bisson Frères; Louis-Auguste Bisson, Alpine Scene (The Wetterhorn?), between 1861 and 1865, albumen print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Wm B. Becker, F1983.173.

Alpine Scene (The Wetterhorn?)
Alpine Scene (The Wetterhorn?)