[A Flood in Lyon]

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[A Flood in Lyon]

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Louis-Antoine Froissart

French Photographer · 1815–1860

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Louis-Antoine Froissart was the photographer for the city of Lyon, France, with a studio at Rue Merciere 22. Although he was known to have been active in the 1850s, scholars know little more about his life. As the city's official photographer, he worked principally in a documentary capacity, photographing scenes and events of municipal interest. Froissart is best known for documenting the disastro

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Date
1856
Medium
Albumen silver print from a wet collodion glass negative
Culture
French
Department
Photographs
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