Request to view

This object can be requested via email from the Prints & Drawings Study Room

Image of Gallery in South Kensington

We don’t have an image of this object online yet.

More about images

V&A Images may have a photograph that we can’t show online, but it may be possible to supply one to you. Email us at vaimages@vam.ac.uk for guidance about fees and timescales, quoting the accession number: PH.40-1986

St. Ouen, Rouen

Photograph
ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bisson Frères (photographers)
Place of origin
France (made)

Photograph, albumen print from wet collodion negative, stamped on mount: 'Bisson frères', showing St. Ouen in Rouen.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Architecture
Christianity
Object type
Photograph
TitleSt. Ouen, Rouen (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Photograph; albumen print from wet collodion negative
Photographic Paper
Albumen
Collodion
Photography
Wet Collodion Process
Brief description
Photograph showing St. Ouen, Rouen, by Bisson Frères, France, ca. 1855.
Physical description
Photograph, albumen print from wet collodion negative, stamped on mount: 'Bisson frères', showing St. Ouen in Rouen.
Marks and inscriptions
'Bisson frères' (stamped on mount)
Gallery label
(1987-2006)
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

Early commentators on photography agreed that it was ideally suited to the delineation of architecture. In 1859 Charles Baudelaire suggested with some asperity that photography should stick to recording monuments and abandon any other claims on the attention. Bisson Frères were among the most impressive photographers of French church architecture. Their large-scale works faced competition from cheaper and more popular branches of photography, and after a trade depression in the early 1860s their studio closed in 1864. The prints continued to be issued by another firm in Paris.
Historical context
Early commentators on photography agreed that it was ideally suited to the delineation of architecture. In 1859 Charles Baudelaire suggested with some asperity that photography should stick to recording monuments and abandon any other claims on the attention. Bisson Frères were among the most impressive photographers of French church architecture. Their large-scale works faced competition from cheaper and more popular branches of photography, and after a trade depression in the early 1860s their studio closed in 1864. The prints continued to be issued by another firm in Paris.
Place depicted
Rouen
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.40-1986

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdJune 6, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O124907/st-ouen-rouen-photograph-bisson-frères/
Download as: JSON