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Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and — Bibliothèque Imperial du Louvre, Paris

Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and

Bibliothèque Imperial du Louvre, Paris

1854

Documents the opulent Second Empire interiors of Napoleon III's expanded Louvre palace, part of an album celebrating the ambitious architectural projects of mid-19th-century Paris.

Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Le Napoléonium, monographie du Louvre et des Tuileries réunis" (1856)

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Bisson Frères (Louis-Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876 and, Bibliothèque Imperial du Louvre, Paris, 1854

Documents the opulent Second Empire interiors of Napoleon III's expanded Louvre palace, part of an album celebrating the ambitious architectural projects of mid-19th-century Paris.

Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Le Napoléonium, monographie du Louvre et des Tuileries réunis" (1856)
Year
1854
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Photography, French, Albumen Print, Documentary, Historic, Architecture, Louvre, Black and White

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