Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Materials relating to the building of a bridge at Bergerac
Date (inclusive): circa 1768-1840
Number: 870536
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(circa 220 items)
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: 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.
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Language: Collection material is 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.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa870536
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 - Topics
Civil Engineering
Architecture -- France -- 18th century
Architecture -- France -- 19th century
Bridges
Subjects - Places
Bergerac (France)
Dordogne
(France)
Genres and Forms of Material
Manuscripts -- France -- 19th century
Broadsides -- 19th century -- France
Architectural drawings -- 19th century -- France