Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AIMÉ CIVIALE (1821-93)
Voyages photographiques dans les Alpes
1859-68Leather-bound album including photographs printed with the Poitevin process | 42.6 x 57.5 x 5.8 cm (album) | RCIN 2370824
An album containing 63 photographs (RCINs 2370824-2370887) of various views of mountains and villages in the French, Swiss and Italian Alps. Civiale's systematic documentation of the Alpine landscape has been described as one of the earliest applications of photography to the study of geology. The end result of his decade-long project was the publication of 'Les Alpes au point de vue de la géographie physique et de la géologie' in 1882 (RCIN 1075955).
Creator(s)
Aimé Civiale (1821-93) (photographer)
[S.n. : s.l.] (publisher)
42.6 x 57.5 x 5.8 cm (album)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Geography
- Physiography
- Mountains
- Physiography
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Photography
- Photographs
- Photography
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Montgenèvre [France]
- Castle Fort Queyras [France]
- France
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- Geography
