Abel Briquet

The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Mexico. Work by Abel Briquet is recorded in the collections of Netherlands Photo Museum, National Museum of World Cultures, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, Photography Collection and J. Paul Getty Museum.

• Name — Alfred Briquet • Birth Name — Alfred Saint-Ange Briquet • Born — 30 December 1833 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Place of death — Mexico • Died — 1926 (aged 92－93) • Occupation — photographer

• Illustration — FNM Bridge over Rio Balsas, 1883 Briquet became a photographer in Paris in 1854. He taught photography at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, the prominent French military academy. He closed his studio in Paris in 1865, but it not certain when he started work in Mexico, however in 1876, he did receive a commission to record the construction of the Mexican National Railway (Ferrocarril Nacional Mexicano - FNM) line being built between Veracruz and Mexico City. He gained the attention of President Porfirio Díaz and secured a number of commissions. He also published a series of photography books: Vistas Mexicanas, Tipos Mexicanos and Antiquedades Mexicanos. Following the Mexican Revolution of 1910 he no longer received any government contracts. His photos appeared in several books, and albums among them we can mention "Mexico artístico y pintoresco" edited by Julio Michaud and "Mexico, Its Social Evolution" coordinated by the historian Justo Sierra.

• Illustration — Shoeing the Mules (Mexican Village Scene) • Illustration — Chapultepec Castle between 1880 and 1900 • Illustration — Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral between 1880 and 1900 • Illustration — Municipal Palace of Veracruz between 1880 and 1900 • Illustration — Santo Domingo Square, Mexico City in 1900 • Illustration — National Palace, Mexico City in 1900