Abel Briquet Vistas Mexicanas Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-996-017
Scope and Content
Collection contains views of Mexico from the series "Vistas Mexicanas" by Abel Briquet, a French photographer who worked in Mexico at the turn of the century. Locales and subjects include: Independence Day celebration, Paseo de la Reforma showing equestrian statue and street railroad, Hotel Iturbide, Chapultepec Castle, and the canal at Santa-Anita (Mexico City area); a bird's-eye view of Guanajuato; mausoleum in Guadalajara; the parish church in Jalapa, two bird's-eye views of Puebla; volcanoes of Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl; wharf and railway at Tampico; river running through the town of Orizaba; two views of the harbor and plaza at the port of Vera Cruz. Printed series title and item numbers, as well as item titles in Spanish and English appear below each photograph. Housed in a clamshell box covered in burgundy linen. The prints are 16 x 19 cm. and mounted to 28 x 36 cm.
Dates
- 1890-1910
Creator
- Briquet, Abel (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
Extent
16 items (1 box) : 16 photographic prints ; 16 x 19 cm prints mounted on 28 x 36 cm boards
Abstract
Collection contains views of Mexico from the series "Vistas Mexicanas" by Abel Briquet, a French photographer who worked in Mexico at the turn of the century.
Arrangement
Alphabetically, by locale depicted.
Physical Location
B2. Shelved by Pictorial Number.
- Bird's-eye views
- Canals -- Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Chapultepec (Mexico City, Mexico) -- Pictorial works
- Church buildings -- Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Cityscapes
- Guadalajara (Mexico) -- Pictorial works
- Guanajuato (Mexico) -- Pictorial works
- Harbors -- Mexico -- Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave) -- Pictorial works
- Mexico -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
- Mexico -- 20th century -- Pictorial works
- Photographs
- Plazas -- Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Popocatépetl (Mexico) -- Pictorial works
- Puebla de Zaragoza (Mexico) -- Pictorial works
- Railroads -- Mexico -- Pictorial works
- Street photography -- Mexico
- Streets -- Mexico -- Mexico City -- Pictorial works
- Tampico (Tamaulipas, Mexico) -- Pictorial works
- Veracruz (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico) -- Pictorial works
- Volcanoes -- Mexico -- Pictorial works
Creator
- Briquet, Abel (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Abel Briquet Vistas Mexicanas Photograph Collection, 1890-1910
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2008
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu