Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
CHARLES CLIFFORD (1819-62)
Alcázar garden, Seville
c.1859Albumen print | 29.0 x 42.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2700148
Photograph of a view of the Alcázar Palace gardens in Seville. In the foreground are four plant beds, bordered by low hedges. Enclosing the garden is a wall consisting of iron railings interspersed with stone pediments and archways built in the Italianate style. The Palace is visible in the middle and background. There is a single, large tree in the centre of the photograph.
The gardens of the Alcázar palace provided food and water for the Palace residents, as well as aesthetic delights. Vermondo Resta (1555-1625), the Italian garden designer, was employed by King Philip III (1578-1621) during the 16th century to re-design the gardens. Resta replaced the garden's then Moorish design with the Italian Renaissance style..
The gardens of the Alcázar palace provided food and water for the Palace residents, as well as aesthetic delights. Vermondo Resta (1555-1625), the Italian garden designer, was employed by King Philip III (1578-1621) during the 16th century to re-design the gardens. Resta replaced the garden's then Moorish design with the Italian Renaissance style..
Creator(s)
Charles Clifford (1819-62) (photographer)
29.0 x 42.0 cm (image)
41.0 x 54.0 cm (page dimensions)
Photographic Souvenir of Spain Vol. II, 1861
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Spain
- Andalusia [Spain]
- Seville [Andalucia]
- Alcázar of Seville [Seville]
- Seville [Andalucia]
- Andalusia [Spain]
- Spain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Gardening
- Gardens
- Gardening
- Agriculture and related techniques
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
