Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AIMÉ CIVIALE (1821-93)
La route du Simplon au pied du Schönhorn
1859-68Poitevin process | 26.3 x 35.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2370860
Photograph of the road of the Simplon Pass running along the bottom edge of the frame. The road passes between a single stone building in the middleground and a stream that flows over boulders in the foreground. A pyramid-shaped mountain rises in the background.
Creator(s)
Aimé Civiale (1821-93) (artist)
26.3 x 35.5 cm (image)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Physiography
- Mountains
- The Alps (mountains)
- Rivers
- Mountains
- Physiography
- Places
