INVENTORY OF THE MATERIALS RELATING TO THE BUILDING OF A BRIDGE AT BERGERAC, ca. 1768-1840
Inventory prepared by Teresa Morales
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©1998
J. Paul Getty Trust.
INVENTORY OF THE MATERIALS RELATING TO THE BUILDING OF A BRIDGE AT BERGERAC, ca. 1768-1840
Accession no. 870536
Inventory prepared by Teresa Morales
Getty Research Institute
Contact Information:
- The Getty Research Institute
- Research Library
- Special Collections and Visual Resources
- 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
- Los Angeles, California 90049-1688
- Phone: (310) 440-7390
- Fax: (310) 440-7780
- Email Requests: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/reference_form.html
- URL: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/library/
- Processed by:
- Teresa Morales
- Date Completed:
-
Nov 1996, revised Feb 2004
- Encoded by:
- Philip Curtis, revised by Julio Vera
©1998 J. Paul Getty Trust.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Materials relating to the building of a bridge at Bergerac
Date (inclusive): circa 1768-1840
Collection number: 870536
Creator:
Dordogne (France)
Extent:
2 linear feet
(circa 220 items)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
Abstract: A comprehensive collection of architectural materials related to the building of a bridge at Bergerac in southwest France
(bulk ca. 1825), containing plans, designs, proposals, explanations, estimates, specifications, correspondence, and other
supporting materials.
Language: Collection material in French
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Materials relating to the building of a bridge at Bergerac, ca. 1768-1840, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession
no. 870536.
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1987.
Scope and Content of Collection
Architectural plans, designs, proposals, explanations, estimates, specifications, correspondence, maps, and other supporting
materials (the bulk falling around 1825) relating to the building of a bridge at Bergerac in southwest France (department
Dordogne) and to the redesign of city streets to accomodate it. The collection apparently comprises a virtually complete archive
of the project through the design stage.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Architecture—France—18th century
Architecture—France—19th century
Bridges
Civil Engineering
Bergerac (France)
Dordogne (France)
Genres and Forms of Material
Architectural drawings—19th century—France
Maps—19th century—France
Broadsides—19th century—France
Box 1, Folder 1
Legal documents and cost estimates;
ca. 1820
Physical Description:
ca. 56 items
Box 1, Folder 2
Legal documents, letters and cost estimates;
ca. 1820
Physical Description:
ca. 17 items
Box 1, Folder 3
Letters, reports, cost estimates and drawings;
ca. 1820
Physical Description:
ca. 62 items
Box 1, Folder 4
Letters, reports, cost estimates and drawings;
ca. 1820-1840
Physical Description:
ca. 57 items
Box 2*
Letters,
1822,
1829,
1830
Physical Description:
8 items
Scope and Content Note
8 items. 30 Oct ?; No. 14, 30 Apr 1822; No. 21, 22 Oct 1822; No. 54, 30 Oct 1829; No. 58, 30 Oct 1829; No. 59, 31 Oct 1829;
No. 60, 11 Mar 1830; No. 61, 16 Mar 1830
Box 3*
Architectural Drawings,
1768-1825
Box 3*, Folder 1
Plans, elevations, sections, and details,
1820-1823
Physical Description:
9 items
Scope and Content Note
No. 7, 1823, Ponforme à l'éxécution; No. 17, 1820, Élévation détail; No. 5, 1822, Profil et Sondes; No. 2, 1822, Fondation
des Piles; No. 14, 1820, Derrière des Pavillons; No. 18, 1820, Ville; No. 5, 1820, Élévation detail; No. 22, 1821; Plan général
et élévation; No. 23, 1821, Charpente de cintre
Box 3*, Folder 2
Map, plans, elevations, sections, and details,
1768-1825
Physical Description:
16 items
Scope and Content Note
No. 2, 1820, Plan général de la Ville (map); No. 1, 1768, Plan et élévation du l'ancien pont; No. 19, 1822, Plan et profil;
No. 1, 1818; No. 3, 1818, Élévation; No. 18, 1820, Profil; No. 22, 1822, Plan et profil; No. 2, 1818, Élévation paralleles;
No. 16, 1822, Plan des sabots en fonts; No. 6, 1820, Grillage de fondations; No. 10, 1820, Élévation des murs de quai; No.
25, 1825, Profils de sondes; No. 9, 1820, Coupes des voussoirs; No. 16, 1820, Coupes détails; No. 3, 1822, Caisons de la 4e
pile; No. 8, 1823, Détail de grillage de fondation
Box 3*, Folder 3
Sections, broadside, and plans,
1771-1822
Physical Description:
5 items
Scope and Content Note
No. 8, 1820, Profils de nivellement; Affiche d'adjudication (broadside); No. 1, 1822, Plan général; No. 21, 1820, Profil de
nivellement; No. 3, 1771, Plan, Pont de Bergerac
