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Mayer & Pierson, photographic firm
French, - 1865
Portrait of the composer, Rossini, 1855
Salted-paper print from a glass negative
20.1 x 16.5 cm (image)
Mrs. Milton S. Latham Fund 1989.3.5

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photographer, LÈopold Ernest Mayer~photographer, Pierre Louis Pierson

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Artist Biography: Mayer FrËres et Pierson, partnership formed 1855 in Paris by LÈopold Ernest Mayer, Louis FrÈdÈric Mayer, Pierre Louis Pierson. Louis FrÈdÈric Mayer left in 1861,LÈopold Mayer died ca. 1865. 1862 lawsuit established photography as work of art entitled to copyright protection. See individual artist entries for LÈopold Ernest Mayer and Pierre Louis Pierson.

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