Descriptive Summary
Biographical/Historical Note
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Views of Chile
Date (inclusive): circa 1880-1889
Number: 91.R.13
Physical Description:
35 photographic prints
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: This collection of photographic prints
by an unknown maker depicts views of Chile.
Language: Collection material is in English
Biographical/Historical Note
The collection comprises 35 albumen photographs from a disbound album of views of Chile,
primarily of Santiago, but also including images of Valparaíso and rural subjects. The
photographs are by an unknown maker and were likely taken in the 1880s. The 23 views of
Santiago include the central plaza, the House of Congress, the the Teatró Municipal, two
views of the Alameda, the Quinta Normal, two views of Santa Lucia Hill, three images of the
Recoleta church and monastery, and La Caridad. Views of private residences include those
identifed as belonging to a Señora Cousiño (four views, external and internal; also included
are two views of the Cousiño estate in Lota) and a Señor Concha (two views). One image
depicts a Corpus Christi procession in the streets of Santiago.
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Views of Chile, circa 1880-1889, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no.
91.R.13.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa91r13
Acquisition Information
Acquired in 1991.
Processing History
Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant
funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Finding aid updated by
Guynn in 2021.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection of albumen prints comprises photographs from a disbound album depicting
views of Chile, primarily of Santiago, but including images of Valparaíso and rural subjects
as well. The photos are by an unknown maker and probably date to the 1880s. The 23 views of
Santiago include the central plaza, the House of Congress, the Teatró Municipal, two views
of the Alameda, the Quinta Normal, two views of Santa Lucia Hill, three images of the
Recoleta Church and Monastery, and La Caridad. Views of private residences include that of
the Cousiño family (four views, external and internal; also included are two views of the
Cousiño estate in Lota). One image depicts a Corpus Christi procession in the streets of
Santiago.
Photographs were originally mounted recto and verso; the photos from versos are now split
from the mounts.
Titles from English captions are handwritten in ink on mounts above the images.
Arrangement
Disbound album; arranged by cataloger.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Topics
Processions, Religious -- Chile -- Santiago
Subjects - Places
Santiago (Chile) -- Description and travel
Santiago (Chile) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Valparaíso (Chile) -- Description and travel
Genres and Forms of Material
Albumen prints -- Chile -- 19th century