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PHOTOGRAPHS
Laurent, Juan
France (1816 - 1892)
Madrid-1024- El Ministerio de Hacienda en la calle de Alcalá (Madrid - Ministry of the Treasury, Alcalá Street)
c. 1870s
Albumen print
9 11/16 x 13 1/4 in. (24.6 x 33.7 cm) image and sheet size
Monsen Study Collection of Photography, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen
FA 85.97
Laurent, Juan
France (1816 - 1892)
Madrid-1024- El Ministerio de Hacienda en la calle de Alcalá (Madrid - Ministry of the Treasury, Alcalá Street)
c. 1870s
Albumen print
9 11/16 x 13 1/4 in. (24.6 x 33.7 cm) image and sheet size
Monsen Study Collection of Photography, gift of Joseph and Elaine Monsen
FA 85.97
The Ministry of the Treasury occupies the former Custom House on the major thoroughfare in Madrid, the Calle de Alcalá. Designed by Spanish architect Francesco Sabatini, the building was constructed in 1777 and modeled after Italian renaissance palaces.
-- Label copy for Juan Laurent, Photographer of Spain, July 7 to September 23, 2007.
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