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Alhambra

Photograph
1853 ca. (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Topographical photograph illustrating a gypsum model of a decoration on stucco, Alhambra; salted paper print by Bisson Brothers (Louis Auguste Bisson and Auguste Rosalie Bisson), 1853 ca., Granada, Spain. In Frères Bisson : Choix d´ornements Arabes de l´Alhambra offrant dans leur ensemble une synthèse de l´ornementation mauresque en Espagne aun XIIIe. siècle, published Paris, Gide et J. Baudry, 1853, plate 8.


Object details

Object type
Titles
  • Alhambra (assigned by artist)
  • Alhambra [Desk 8. Gypsum model] (generic title)
Materials and techniques
salted paper print
Brief description
Topographical photograph illustrating a gypsum model of a decoration on stucco, Alhambra; salted paper print by Bisson Brothers (Louis Auguste Bisson and Auguste Rosalie Bisson), 1853 ca., Granada, Spain. In Frères Bisson : Choix d´ornements Arabes de l´Alhambra offrant dans leur ensemble une synthèse de l´ornementation mauresque en Espagne aun XIIIe. siècle, published Paris, Gide et J. Baudry, 1853, plate 8.
Content description
The photograph illustrates a gypsum model of a stucco decoration from the Alhambra. It documents decorative details of the Alhambra.
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
34780

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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