The Baths of Caracalla, Rome
Photograph
ca. 1860 (photographed)
ca. 1860 (photographed)
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The two brothers, Louis-Auguste and August-Rosalie Bisson (known as the Bisson Frères), were renowned and prolific photographers recognised for working in a wide range of photographic styles that included large-scale views of French churches, Parisian architecture, historic monuments across Europe and Egypt, reproductions of the works of Rembrandt and Dürer and breath-taking views across the French Alps
Active in the 1850s and 1860s, the brothers first established a daguerreotype portrait studio in the Madeleine district of Paris, switching to the negative/positive process in the 1860s. They soon caught the attention of Napoleon III, who commissioned the Bissons to accompanying him on an alpine expedition and during which they made some of their most striking and celebrated mountain views of Mont Blanc.
Photographs such as this, documenting historic monuments in Rome, expanded the catalogue of the examined world for nineteenth-century audiences. And while the Bissons were not the only photographers documenting the known world in this manner, they were one of the most prolific firms of the period.
Active in the 1850s and 1860s, the brothers first established a daguerreotype portrait studio in the Madeleine district of Paris, switching to the negative/positive process in the 1860s. They soon caught the attention of Napoleon III, who commissioned the Bissons to accompanying him on an alpine expedition and during which they made some of their most striking and celebrated mountain views of Mont Blanc.
Photographs such as this, documenting historic monuments in Rome, expanded the catalogue of the examined world for nineteenth-century audiences. And while the Bissons were not the only photographers documenting the known world in this manner, they were one of the most prolific firms of the period.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Bisson Frères, 'The Baths of Caracalla, Rome', albumen print, ca. 1860 |
| Physical description | A sepia-coloured mounted photograph showing the remains of an arched structure. A man visible in the centre of the image is dwarfed by the size of the structure. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Rome,' [illegible] / 'Bisson Frères' [photographer's stamp] |
| Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund and Art Fund |
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| Summary | The two brothers, Louis-Auguste and August-Rosalie Bisson (known as the Bisson Frères), were renowned and prolific photographers recognised for working in a wide range of photographic styles that included large-scale views of French churches, Parisian architecture, historic monuments across Europe and Egypt, reproductions of the works of Rembrandt and Dürer and breath-taking views across the French Alps Active in the 1850s and 1860s, the brothers first established a daguerreotype portrait studio in the Madeleine district of Paris, switching to the negative/positive process in the 1860s. They soon caught the attention of Napoleon III, who commissioned the Bissons to accompanying him on an alpine expedition and during which they made some of their most striking and celebrated mountain views of Mont Blanc. Photographs such as this, documenting historic monuments in Rome, expanded the catalogue of the examined world for nineteenth-century audiences. And while the Bissons were not the only photographers documenting the known world in this manner, they were one of the most prolific firms of the period. |
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| Accession number | RPS.23-2022 |
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| Record created | April 11, 2022 |
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