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90.R.23
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Exposición Universal Barcelona 1888
Creator:
Audouard, Pau, 1856-1919
Identifier/Call Number: 90.R.23
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
(60 photographs in 1 album)
Date: 1888
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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.
Language of Material: Collection material is in Spanish.
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Exposición Universal Barcelona 1888, 1888, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 90.R.23.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa90r23
Arranged in a single series: Series I. Exposicion Universal Barcelona 1888, 1888.
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.
Open for use by qualified researchers.
The collection was digitized by the repository in 2017 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/90r23
The finding aid was written by Beth Ann Guynn in 2018.
Scope and content of Colleciton
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographs, Original
Photograph albums -- Spain -- 19th century
Collotypes -- Spain -- 19th century
Exhibitions -- Spain
Exposición Universal de Barcelona