PHOTOGRAPHS
Laurent, Juan
France (1816 - 1892)
Murcia. -949.- Vista del Ayuntamiento (Murcia - View of City Hall)
c. 1870s
Albumen print
10 x 13 5/16 in. (25.4 x 33.8 cm) image and sheet size; 12 x 17 in. (30.5 x 43.2 cm) mount sheet size
Monsen Study Collection of Photography, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen
FA 85.72

Murcia, Spain’s twelfth largest city, is located in the southeastern corner of the country. The nineteenth-century city hall is situated on the city’s central plaza and directly faces the Murcia Cathedral, creating a striking comparison between church and state.

-- Label copy for Juan Laurent, Photographer of Spain, July 7 to September 23, 2007.