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6 photographs mounted on 1 sheet: black and white; various sizes on 104.1 64.8 cm backing
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Jean Laurent was one of the most recognized figures in the history of Spanish photography. In his late twenties he moved from his native France to Madrid, where he lived and worked for forty three years. In the early 1860s Laurent launched his encyclopedic photographic survey of Spanish and Portuguese architecture.
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'Christian, Moorish and Mozarabic monuments, from the 6th to the 11th century'
- 'Baños. - 1909. - Vista de la ermita de S. Juan Bautista.' (1); 23 x 17.1 cm
- ''Pola de Lena (Oviedo). - 2652. - Iglesia de Santa Cristina.' (4); 22.9 x 17.2 cm
- 'S. Miguael de Escalada (Leon) - 2404. - Vista general del Convento.' (9); 23.4 x 17.2 cm
- 'Baños. - 1910. - Vista interior de la ermita de S. Juan Bautista.' (2); 17.2 x 22.8 cm
- 'Oviedo. - 2645. - Iglesia de San Miguel de[Linio]' (3); 22.8 x 17.4 cm
- 'Oviedo. - 2649. - Iglesia de Santa Maria de Narancos.' (5); 23.3 x 17 cm
'J. Laurent y Cia Madrid.'
Key (manuscript in ink on paper, 23.2 x 13.5 cm) pasted in bottom left corner of backing, numbers of key in ( ) after title .
Three numbers listed on key (No 6 and 7 interior of great mosque at Cordoba, and interior of Crest de la Lug at Toledo) but not mounted on this sheet, compare next item T-GED 22/1/1788.
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- English
- Spanish