ITALY - AUGUSTE-ROSALIE BISSON 1826-1900
ITALY - AUGUSTE-ROSALIE BISSON 1826-1900
Temple of Saturn and Arch of Titus, “Monuments of Rome” series, 1858-1859.
Photographs. 2 albumen prints mounted on cardboard by the artist, with a caption and credit below the image. Brown spots on the mounts.
Images: 27.7 x 38.6 cm; mounts: 52 x 73 cm
These photographs were taken by Bisson between 1858 and 1859 for her “Monuments of Rome” series, along with other views of the Forum, notably one featuring the Temple of the Consented Gods (published as No. 16 in the same series; see Maria Francesca Bonetti, “Rome, 1840–1870: Photography, the Collector, and the Historian: Photographs from the Orsola and Filippo Maggia Collection,” 2008, p. 140, cat. 25.
ITALY - AUGUSTE-ROSALIE BISSON 1826-1900
Temple of Saturn and Arch of Titus, “Monuments of Rome” series, 1858-1859.
Photographs. 2 albumen prints mounted on cardboard by the artist, with a caption and credit below the image. Brown spots on the mounts.
Images: 27.7 x 38.6 cm; mounts: 52 x 73 cm
These photographs were taken by Bisson between 1858 and 1859 for her “Monuments of Rome” series, along with other views of the Forum, notably one featuring the Temple of the Consented Gods (published as No. 16 in the same series; see Maria Francesca Bonetti, “Rome, 1840–1870: Photography, the Collector, and the Historian: Photographs from the Orsola and Filippo Maggia Collection,” 2008, p. 140, cat. 25.
