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Reference code
GB 249 T-GED/22/1/1794
Title
Six photographs of notable buildings from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries in Spanish cities, mounted on one sheet
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Extent and medium
6 photographs mounted on 1 sheet: black and white; various sizes on 95.5 x 57.4 cm backing
Context area
Name of creator
(1816–1886)
Biographical history
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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Scope and content
- 'Salamanca. - 1831. - El Avunmiento.' (10); 'J. Laurent y Cia Madrid'; 23 x 17.1 cm
- 'El Escorial. - 3. - Vista general del Monasterio' (9); anon.; 26.4 x 20.7 cm
- 'Madrid. - 1017. - El; Palacio real por la plaza de Oriente' (13); 'J. Laurent y Cia Madrid'; 23.3.x 17.4 cm
- 'Sévilla. - 1412. - Patio de la casa de Pilatos. - Vista general desde la puerta del pretario.' (7); 'J. Laurent y Cia Madrid'; 22.8 x 17.3 cm
- 'Alcalá de Henares. - 388. - La Universidad.' (8); 'J. Laurent y Cia Madrid'; 22.7 x 17.1 cm
- 'Santiago (Galicia). - 6. - Catedral: Vista general (oeste).' (11); 'J. Laurent y Cia Madrid'; 22.8 X 17.2 cm
J[ ] Laurent; anon.
Key (manuscript in ink on paper, 23.7 x 9 cm) pasted in lower left corner of backing, number of key in ( ) after title.
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Conditions governing access
No access restrictions.
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Language of material
- Spanish