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France, Spain, and Italy album

 Collection
Identifier: HCFF-06-PS-16

Scope and Content Note

Album contains photographs taken by Helen Clay Frick during the Frick family's 1909 trip abroad. Cities visited include Paris, Biarritz, Madrid, Toledo, Seville, Granada, Marseille, Monaco, Florence, and Monte-Carlo. The bulk of the views are of landscapes, historic sites, architectural monuments, and outdoor activities such as skiing, horseback riding, and a hot air balloon launch. People are occasionally depicted in the album, including Helen Clay Frick's father, Henry Clay Frick, her mother, Adelaide H.C. Frick, and her brother, Childs Frick, her governess, Marika Ogiz, and one photograph of King Alphonso VIII of Spain.

Dates

  • Creation: 1909

Access Restrictions

These records are open for research under the conditions of The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives access policy. Contact the Archives Department for further information at archives@frick.org.

Biographical Note

Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984) was the daughter of art collector and industrialist Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919).

Extent

0.17 Linear feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

On deposit from the Helen Clay Frick Foundation, 2001.

Processing Information

Arranged and described by Julie Ludwig, 2012.

Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Frick Collection Archives Repository

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