Abel Briquet

He taught photography at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, the prominent French military academy.

[1] 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.

[1] He gained the attention of President Porfirio Díaz and secured a number of commissions.

[1] Following the Mexican Revolution of 1910 he no longer received any government contracts.

[1] 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.