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LL/19960
Alfred Saint-Ange Briquet
1880 (ca)
Jacal en Tierra Calliente
[Vistas Mexicanas]

Albumen print
7.5 x 5 in (19 x 13 cm)
 
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Titled on the mount "Vistas Mexicanas / Jacal en Tierra Calliente / Estado de Vera-Cruz".
 
From the land of the sombrero comes this period view of a traditional thatch hut ("Jacal") and agricultural laborers. Briquet, an émigré Frenchman, came to Mexico on a photographic commission and thereafter took up residence, producing extensive series of local views.
 
LL/19960


 

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