Briquet, Abel

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Briquet was a French photographer that worked in Mexico. He was commissioned to photograph the railways being constructed at the start of Porfirio Diaz's presidency. He also shot natural portraits of Mexican life and images depicting the growth of cities and the development of the country through the turn of the century. (http://www.getty.edu/news/press/exhibit/mexico.ht ml).

From the description of Vistas Mexicanas, ca. 1880-ca. 1900. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 51595131

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referencedIn Varias fotografias, circa 1890 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Dorothy Woodward Photograph Collection The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Views from Mexico [graphic], ca. 1890 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Briquet, A. Mexico: Briquet & Jackson photograph album [picture]. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
creatorOf Vistas Mexicanas; Calendario Azteca [graphic], 1896 Bancroft Library
creatorOf Briquet, A. Mexico: 19th century photographers collection [picture]. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
creatorOf Briquet, Abel. Abel Briquet Vistas Mexicanas photograph collection [picture]. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
creatorOf Briquet, Abel. Mexican views [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Mexico: 19th Century Photographers Collection, 1870-1899 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Mexican Views [graphic], 1892? Bancroft Library
creatorOf Briquet, Abel. Vistas Mexicanas, ca. 1880-ca. 1900. Harold B. Lee Library
creatorOf Woodward, Dorothy,. Dorothy Woodward Photograph Collection [Picture]. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
referencedIn Mexico: Selected Photographers Collection, 1880-1969 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Briquet, A. Mexican photograph albums of a German resident [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Waite, Charles B. (Charles Burlingame), 1824-1909. Mexico: selected photographers collection [picture]. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
creatorOf Briquet, A. Mexico: Nineteenth Century Views photograph album [picture]. University of New Mexico-Main Campus
creatorOf Abel Briquet Vistas Mexicanas Photograph Collection, 1890-1910 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Mexico: Briquet and Jackson Photograph Album, 1880-1889 The University of New Mexico, University Libraries, Center for SouthwestResearch
creatorOf Briquet, Abel. Views from Mexico [graphic] / photographed by A. Briquet. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Briquet, Abel : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
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associatedWith Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942 person
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associatedWith Woodward, Dorothy, 1895- person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Mexico
Chapultepec (Mexico City, Mexico)
Mexico
Mexico--Mexico City
Mexico
Mexico--Vera Cruz
Orizaba (Mexico)
Amecameca de Juárez (Mexico)
Mexico--Mexico City
Subject
Canals
Canals
Catholic church buildings
Celebrations
Church buildings
Church buildings
Churches
City and town life
Cityscapes
Costume
Harbors
Harbors
Indians of Mexico
Markets
Monuments
Peddlars and peddling
Pueblo Indians
Railroad bridges
Railroads
Railroads
Railroads
Streets
Streets
Volcanoes
Volcanoes
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Active 1880

Active 1900

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