Napoleon III in Uniform, bust portrait, circa... Lot 34

[Napoleon III in Uniform], bust portrait, circa 1856-1857. Proof, on albumen paper, ovalized. Signature Bisson frères in graphite below the image. Montage with raised dry seal (2.8 x 3.1 cm): BISSON FRÈRES PHOTOGRAPHES DE S M L'EMPEREUR . 20.7 x 15.8 cm. Mounting: 56.8 x 40 cm. Literature : The Bisson Brothers photographers. De flèche en Cime 1840-1870. Edited. BNF/Museum Folkwang. Reproduction page 70 cat. 21, of the proof deposited in 1860 at the BNF. See the text, pages 59 and 61, about the origin of the commission of this portrait by the battle painter Adolphe Yvon.