Descriptive Summary
Biographical / Historical note
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Exposición Universal Barcelona 1888
Date (inclusive): 1888
Number: 90.R.23
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(60 photographs in 1 album)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The album of collotypes documents the
Barcelona Exposition of 1888. Included are birds-eye views of the exposition grounds; the
greenhouse; the Hemicycle; the Maritime section; exteriors of individual pavilions; and
interior displays including those in the Palace of Fine Arts, the Hall of Agriculture and
the Palace of Industry.
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Language: Collection material is in Spanish; Castilian.
Biographical / Historical note
The Cuban-born photographer, Pau Audouard, moved to Barcelona in 1879 where he opened the
photography studio Audouard y cía. In 1888 he was appointed official photographer of the
Exposición Universal de Barcelona.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Exposición Universal Barcelona 1888, 1888, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles,
Accession no. 90.R.23.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa90r23
Processing information
The finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn in 2018.
Digitized Material
The collection was digitized by the repository in 2017 and the images are available
online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/90r23
Scope and Content of Collection
The album of 60 collotypes documents the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, held in the
city's Parque de la Ciudadela from 8 April to 9 December. Included are birds-eye views of
the exposition grounds; the greenhouse; the Hemicycle; the Maritime section; exteriors of
individual pavilions; and interior displays including those in the Palace of Fine Arts, the
Hall of Agriculture and the Palace of Industry. Countries represented in the Palace of
Industry trade displays include: Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, the United States, Tunisia,
Japan, Belgium, Germany, Italy, England, France, Austria, Hungary and Spain. A number of the
smaller pavilions erected for individual business are also depicted including the one for
Audouard's own photography studio.
The album is bound in black leather with decorative embossing. The title is embossed on the
front cover, and the Audouard y cía monogram is embossed on the back cover. Letterpress
titles in Spanish are printed on the mounts below the images along with the photographer's
credit: Audouard y C.a / Barcelona.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series:
Series I. Exposicion Universal Barcelona 1888,
1888.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Exposición Universal de Barcelona
Subjects - Topics
Exhibitions -- Spain
Genres and Forms of Material
Photographs, Original
Photograph albums -- Spain -- 19th century
Collotypes -- Spain -- 19th century