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  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Arrangement
  • Biographical / Historical
  • Digitized Material
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Processing Information
  • Scope and Content of Collection

  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections
    Title: Spain and Belgium travel album
    Creator: Garzón, Rafael, 1863-1923
    Creator: Huerta, C.
    Creator: Molina, T.
    Creator: Neurdein frères
    Creator: Léon et Lévy
    Identifier/Call Number: 89.R.38
    Physical Description: 1.5 Linear Feet(1 album)
    Date (inclusive): compiled 1890s
    Physical Location: Request access to the physical materials described in this inventory through the catalog record  for this collection. Click here for the access policy .
    Abstract: An album containing views of Spain and Belgium, focusing on the exteriors and interiors of churches, monasteries, palaces and civic buildings. Locales represented include Burgos, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Córdoba, Toledo and Seville in Spain, and Brussels, Antwerp, Liège and Spa in Belgium.
    Language of Material: Collection material is in French and Spanish

    Publication Rights

    Preferred Citation

    Spain and Belgium travel album, compiled 1890s, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 89.R.38.
    http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa89r38

    Arrangement

    Arranged in a single series: Series I. Spain and Belgium travel album, 1890s.

    Biographical / Historical

    The album was compiled by an unknown person in the late-nineteenth century.

    Digitized Material

    The collection was digitized by the repository in 2017 and the images are available online: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/89r38.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Acquired in 1989.

    Processing Information

    The finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn in 2017.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The album contains views of Spain and Belgium, focusing on the exteriors and interiors of churches, monasteries, palaces and civic buildings. Locales represented include Burgos, San Lorenzo del Escorial, Córdoba, Toledo and Seville in Spain, and Brussels, Antwerp, Liège and Spa in Belgium. Also included are three loose prints: two views of the interior of the church at Hautecombe Abbey, and a marble pietá.
    Red cloth binding with handwritten paper label on the spine indicating locations included in the album: Burgos / Escorial / Tolède / Cordove / Séville / Granade / Bruxelles / Liège / Spa / Anvers. There are no images of Granada in the album.
    Mounts have captions pencilled in French.
    Photographers represented in the album include: C. Huerta; Rafael Garzón; T. Molina; Neurdein frères; and Léon & Lévy.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Church architecture -- Spain
    Church architecture -- Belgium
    Monasteries -- Spain
    Palaces -- Belgium
    Palaces -- Spain
    Pietà
    Belgium -- Description and travel
    Córdoba (Spain) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
    Brussels (Belgium) -- Buildings, subjects, etc.
    San Lorenzo del Escorial -- Buildings, structures, etc.
    Savoie (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
    Seville (Spain) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
    Spain -- Description and travel
    Toledo (Spain) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
    Albumen prints -- Belgium -- 19th century
    Albumen prints -- Spain -- 19th century
    Photograph albums -- 19th century
    Photographs, Original