The locomotive "La Vaux"
Photograph
Bisson Frères
Maker
Auguste-Rosalie BIsson, French, 1826–1900; Louis Auguste Bisson, French, 1814–1876
The locomotive "La Vaux"
ca. 1860
Albumen silver print
Image: 12 3/8 × 17 3/16 in. (31.4 × 43.6 cm)
Mount: 18 5/16 × 19 5/8 in. (46.5 × 49.8 cm)
Matted: 20 × 26 × 1/8 in. (50.8 × 66 × 0.3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Inscribed on mount in pencil (Cromer's hand) recto, BR: également très rare de [illegible]
Printed on mount in ink, recto, BC: BISSON FRÈRES PHOTOG.
Embossed oval stamp on mount, recto, BC: PHOTOGRAPHES \ DE \ S.M. L'EMPEREUR [crown at top, encircled by ribbon design] / BISSON [in left ribbon] / FRERES [in right ribbon]
Stamped in black ink, verso, BC: Eastman Historical \ Photographic Colection \ Cromer Collection \ 259 [in blue ink]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, BC: B623a
Printed on mount in ink, recto, BC: BISSON FRÈRES PHOTOG.
Embossed oval stamp on mount, recto, BC: PHOTOGRAPHES \ DE \ S.M. L'EMPEREUR [crown at top, encircled by ribbon design] / BISSON [in left ribbon] / FRERES [in right ribbon]
Stamped in black ink, verso, BC: Eastman Historical \ Photographic Colection \ Cromer Collection \ 259 [in blue ink]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, BC: B623a
