Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and
Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900)
The Portal of Saint Ursinus at Bourges, rue du Vieux Poirier
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Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and
Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900)1854
The Portal of Saint Ursinus at Bourges, rue du Vieux Poirier
Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and Auguste-Rosalie Bisson, French, 1826–1900) →19th centuryalbumen silver printphotographic process
Date
1854
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 42.6 × 35.3 cm (16 13/16 × 13 15/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund
In the early years of photography, landscape studies, architectural views, and studio portraiture were the main focus of the new medium. A photograph such as The Portal of Saint Ursinus at Bourges of 1863 by the Bisson Frères (Bisson Brothers) reveals a widespread interest on the part of the French at that time in their nation's past and in the preservation of historical monuments. Using large-format cameras and glass-plate negatives, the Bissons captured their architectural subjects with exquisite sharpness of detail and purity of light.
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