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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

AIMÉ CIVIALE (1821-93)

La Durance au hameau des fontaines

1859-68

Poitevin process | 26.2 x 35.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2370831

Photograph of a spa hamlet as seen across the Durance River, which flows over boulders in the foreground. The settlement populates the right half of the frame. On the right a road ascends from the settlement towards the mountainside rising in the background.  

  • Creator(s)

    Aimé Civiale (1821-93) (artist)

  • 26.2 x 35.6 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Physiography
        • Rivers
          • Rivers of western Europe
            • Var, River [France]
              • Rhône, River [France]
                • Durance, River [France]
        • Mountains
          • The Alps (mountains)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Secular architecture
          • Baths