[Man and woman]

[Man and woman]

Photograph

Louis-Auguste Bisson

Maker
French, 1814–1876

[Man and woman]

May 23, 1842
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 2 5/16 × 2 3/4 in. (5.8 × 7 cm) [1/6 plate]
Case: 3 3/8 × 4 1/8 × 9/16 in. (8.5 × 10.5 × 1.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Blindstamp monogram on mat, BC: LAB [encircled]
Inscribed in black ink, verso, TLC: fait le 23 Mai \ 1842.
Printe in ink, on applied advertisement label, verso, C: PORTRAITS \ au DAGUERRÉOTYPE executés \ à l'ombre à l'interieur et en quelques secondes \ par L.A. Bisson fils \ Rue St. Germain-l'Auxerrois, 65. \ à Paris.
Printed in gilt, case lid exterior, recto, R: DAGUERRÉOTYPE BISSON \ Rue St. Germain l'Auxerrois 65 \ à PARIS
Inscribed in pencil, binding paper, verso, BR: 10D-88
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