Return to A Few Favorite Recently Acquired Fine Art 19th-Century Photographs   Bisson Freres - Cathedrale d' Amiens Full Size Contact: Alex Novak and Marthe Smith Email: info@vintageworks.net Phone: +1-215-822-5662 Company: Contemporary Works / Vintage Works, Ltd. Company: 258 Inverness Circle Company: Chalfont, PA   18914   USA URL: http://www.vintageworks.net Ref.#: 10387 Price: $12,000 Medium: Salt print from wet plate negative Mount: on original mount Image Date: 1854 Print Date: 1854 Dimensions: 16-3/8 x 13-9/16 in. (416 x 344 mm) Photo Country: France Photographer Country: France Description: With Bisson's oval blindstamp, which was used only in 1853-54, and a black ink stamp "Cathedrale d' Amiens" on recto of mount. Provenance: from the collection of Viollet-Le-Duc Eugene-Emmanuel de Luynes; through his heirs. Viollet-Le-Duc Eugene-Emmanuel de Luynes was highly interested in archeology, numismatics, art, architecture and photography; and he collected all of these articles. He sponsored a major contest for the first method of easy printing of photography and also sponsored numerous photographers and their work, often bringing photographers on his travels, such as the one to Lebanon and Palestine in 1864, when he brought the amateur photographer Louis Vignes along to take photographs of the trip. He sponsored the Bisson brothers on their trip to Italy to document the major architectural ruins and important building there. The duke's collection of 19th-century photography is considered the most important such collection of that period. Shipping and insurance costs will be added to the price and must be paid for by the buyer. Pennsylvania and New York buyers must pay appropriate sales tax. International clients are responsible for their VAT and other custom's oriented charges.