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Bisson Frères

Chartres Cathedral West Facade; Royal Portal, Central Bay

1854/63
Albumen print, from the album "Reproductions photographiques des plus beaux types d’architecture et de sculpture"
35.6 × 43.9 cm (14 × 17.3 in)

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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